Published: 6 February 2024
Last updated: 21 March 2024
The US is getting tougher with Israel, placing sanctions on extremist settlers and insisting hostage negotiations should address the post-war status of Gaza and revive the two-state solution.
US President Joe Biden is pushing a wholistic solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, as part of the negotiations to release the hostages and end the war in Gaza.
The plan, dubbed the Biden Doctrine, would use Gaza negotiations as the springboard for a wider regional solution.
It would extend the Egyptian-Qatari proposal for the release of the hostages now on the table, which focuses on the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners and ceasefires.
The fuller regional deal being pushed by the US would include:
- the establishment of a new government in the Gaza Strip to include the Palestinian Authority (PA)
- reviving negotiations for a two-state solution
- the normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel
- the formation of a strong regional axis to counter Iran.
The key to the initial plan – how many prisoners, how long ceasefires – is still under negotiation, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisting Israel will not release thousands of terrorists or end the war as part of the deal.
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