Biden in Israel

 

Israeli Flags Removed from Biden Limo During Visit to East Jerusalem   Jerusalem Post  July 15th Joe Biden's motorcade no longer had Israeli flags on it during a visit to a Palestinian hospital in east Jerusalem on Friday, despite his assurances that the stop is not a statement about Israeli sovereignty in its capital city. The Biden administration also refused to allow Israeli officials to accompany him on the visit to the hospital, where he announced US $100 million donation to the hospital. Biden's visit to east Jerusalem without official Israeli accompaniment is a destructive move towards Israel, even if it was done with smiles and handshakes," commented Religious Zionist Party MK  Orit Struck. Biden knows very well that that would never be allowed in Washington by a foreign leader and understands how much that hurts Israel's national pride, doing it in Jerusalem. That rejection was seen by many in Israel as signaling that Biden does not recognise Israeli sovereignty in that part of the city. Beden also declared that he is in favour of the two  State Solution based on pre 1967 borders.