Biden’s visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank entrenches the humanitarian paradigm

When the Palestinian Authority leader jumped on the US bandwagon spouting status quo rhetoric, he should have remembered President Joe Biden’s dedication to Zionism and colonial Israel. Upon arriving in Israel yesterday for a two day visit during which he will also go to the occupied West Bank, Biden said, “I realised that I had the great honour to be part of the great history of this country. I’ll say it again, you need not be a Jew to be a Zionist.” That “great history”, remember, is built upon a distorted narrative and the ethnic cleansing of the people of Palestine. Israeli media have described clearly the discrepancies in Biden’s visit. In Israel, he will be meeting with Israeli leaders, … Continue reading Biden’s visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank entrenches the humanitarian paradigm