Bennett and Biden: Friends Don't Let Friends Drive off a Cliff

Pres Joe Biden and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, both in their first year in office, are establishing right now what this new era of the US-Israel relationship will look like. Bennet will attempt to avoid, downplay and dodge any pressure to resolve Israel's central conflict: in both Washington and New York, Bennett avoided even mentioning Palestinians, much less laying out a plan to return to the negotiating table. Bennett is an avowed opponent of a two-state solution and heads an unwieldy government unlikely to advance that agenda. But Biden has supported a two-state solution throughout his career. If Biden really wants to save the endangered two-state solution that the US supports, he should talk directly to the Israeli people.