1 ISRAEL-PALESTINE ISSUE AND USA ROLE.

 The US cannot continue ignoring Israel’s crimes in Jerusalem. The Biden

administration has to get tough on Israel, if it wants to make a difference in the Middle
East.
 A new US administration lowers the expectations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, listing instead new foreign priorities, such as Afghanistan, Russia and China.
The Biden administration has similarly indicated its lack of serious interest on the
Palestinian issue. But violent protests and confrontations in occupied East Jerusalem
should force the US leadership from their apathy.
1.1 ISRAEL OPPRESSION IN OCCUPIED JERUSALEM
 On the first day of Ramadan, the Israeli authorities decided to break a cardinal pledge of
respecting the right to worship by forcing their way into Al Aqsa mosque’s four minarets
in order to silence the evening call to prayer,
 Then the Israeli authorities also decided to deny entry to Al Aqsa to a large number of
Muslim worshipers 
 Palestinians were also banned from gathering around the Damascus Gate.
 Measures were taken in order to protect Palestinians from COVID-19.
 The majority of East Jerusalem residents have already been vaccinated while  limited
number of Palestinians from the rest of the occupied territories have been given permits
to visit the occupied city and all have had to present a vaccination certificate.
 The Israeli police allowed hundreds of youths from the far-right Lehava organisation,
considered racist and extreme even by Israelis, to march towards Jerusalem’s old city,
chanting “death to Arabs” and “Arabs get out”. When Palestinians confronted them,
the Israeli police used stun grenades, tear gas and physical violence to disperse the
Palestinian crowd.
 Since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 at the White House in Washington, the
Israelis have worked aggressively to deny Jerusalem’s Palestinians any connection with
their national leadership
 The Israeli authorities regularly shut down events in the occupied city sponsored by the
Ramallah-based Palestinian government.
 Israel has refused to honour a number of clauses from the five-year interim
agreement of the Oslo Accords that concern the Jerusalemites. It has avoided negotiating
the status of the occupied city and has continued its security and demographic campaign
to uproot Palestinian residents.
 It has also maintained its diplomatic efforts to get Jerusalem recognised as its capital.
 The Biden administration has stood against far-right extremism and voter suppression. It
does not make sense that its foreign policy towards Israel and Palestine should not reflect
the same principles.
 President Joe Biden needs to change tact on Israel. Turning a blind eye to Israeli crimes
against Palestinians and choosing to constantly appease it will not lead to a peaceful
resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.