Israel is not a democracy and does not share American values. A democratic nation does not hold half of their population under brutal occupation and siege for decades. America values include freedom, justice, and giving each person a fair chance to succeed.
Many Palestinians and Arabs have migrated in the past to the US, and have lived the "American Dream". Many of those migrants started with nothing, and ended up owning a home, putting their kids through college, and enjoying a life of freedom from oppression and racism.
When they stepped off the boat in the US, they found a job, worked hard, obeyed the laws, and respected their neighbor's rights, just as they expected their neighbors to respect their rights. That is the foundation of the American lifestyle: work hard, pay your taxes, and obey the laws.
The Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza hate the US foreign policy that is designed to prevent them any freedom or human rights. Despite the US being the only force on earth that could improve their lives, and refuses to do so, the Palestinians still love the concept of the "American Dream". That dream is the Palestinian dream as well, but the Oval Office prevents the chance at such a life of success and accomplishment.
A two-state solution, and a lasting peace in Israel and Palestine, makes the Middle East and the entire world more stable. Israeli citizens will win as much as the Palestinians in a peace deal. Biden would win his election, and Americans would be able to be proud of their freedom, values and the "American Dream".
Steven Sahiounie is a two-time award-winning journalist
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