News brief Palestinian Authority calls on US to reengage with Middle East and two-state solution

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki called on the United States to reengage with the Middle East amid its focus on the Russia-Ukraine war and the competition with China in the Pacific.

Abu Dhabi-based news outlet, The National, reported that the PA expected the Biden administration to put the two-state solution back into focus.

"We expected that the moment he’d take office he would do [it]. We thought he would take measures to reverse the actions of the Trump administration when it comes to moving the embassy to Jerusalem, closing the Palestinian representative office in Washington, and financial support to the Palestinian Authority," Al-Maliki said.

“Biden is not Trump and he came to change Trump policies. It seems he has wanted to do that more widely, but not when it comes to Palestine. Three years have passed and he has not reversed any. The only step he has taken is to renew financial support to UNRWA, to give some support to hospitals in East Jerusalem,” he added.