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Biden vows to help ‘rebuild’ Gaza
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to help organize efforts to “rebuild Gaza” and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the “only answer” to the conflict.
Biden also said he had told the Israelis to stop “intercommunal fighting” in the flashpoint city of Jerusalem.
However he stressed “there is no shift in my commitment, commitment to the security of Israel” and added that until the region “unequivocally” acknowledges Israel’s existence “there will be no peace.”
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