'Trump years with a smile': Palestinians reject Biden trip
After hearing Joe Biden identify Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and concede a two-state solution seemed “far away”, one Palestinian official gave a blunt assessment of the US president’s visit to the region.
“It’s like the Trump years with a smile,” said the official, who requested anonymity.
Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump was loathed among Palestinians over his unequivocal pro-Israeli policies.
With Israeli politics gridlocked, few thought that 79-year-old Biden could jumpstart peace talks which have been moribund since 2014.
