US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, gave additional proof that Palestine is far from a priority for the Biden administration. During a press briefing in Ramallah following a meeting between Blinken and Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, the discrepancies in diplomatic expectations could not have been more evident. The PA made a great show of willingness to work with US President Joe Biden even before his foreign policy was made public. Now, with the Biden administration retaining much of Trump’s policies, in full or partially altered, Abbas has found himself grovelling, once again. As seen in the US Department of State’s briefing, Abbas is still reminding Blinken of prioritising the two-state compromise. Besides the fact that the paradigm has been … Continue reading The Palestinian Authority and the US are on the same page