Disapointing But Not Surprising

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said that it is 'disappointing' that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the prospect of a two-state solution but he can hardly be surprised because Netanyahu has scuppered every chance of peace with his neighbour and it is even part of his parties manifesto that: 'The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river'.
Until now the land grab was building settlements on Palestinian land and despite multiple UN resolutions, Israel has continued to appropriate Palestinian land and now more than 700,000 settlers, 10% of Israel's nearly 7 million population, now live in 150 settlements and 128 outposts dotting the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Since October 7th, any premise that Israel had regarding a Palestinian state has been dropped and Gaza has been razed to make it inhabitable and the West Bank has seen daily Israeli raids into it's villages and cities destroying houses and allowing violent settlers to move into the now empty land.
America, under the ineffectual Joe Biden, has made noises about the settlers but shamefully continue to bankroll Israel in it's genocide with the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, even reporting that Israel appears to be trying to clear Gaza of its Palestinian population through its military offensive, evacuation orders and attempts to push Palestinians into Egypt.
Israel is rightly facing growing international outrage as the death toll in Gaza tops 26,000, around two-thirds of them women and children, and 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced with the UN saying there is no safe place to flee but even the Americans, who have done so much to allow Israel to continue its atrocious, murderous behaviour towards Palestine for the past 75 years, seems to be coming to the conclusion that the departure from office of the current Israeli leader is essential to their own plans for Gaza and the region.
Biden has said that he is committed to work toward helping the Palestinians move toward statehood but until he stops America being Israel's bitch, and halts the ongoing genocide by withdrawing his financial and military support, his words are ringing very hollow and the immoral and foul deeds of the last 75 years will continue until they achieve the 'land without a people for a people without a land' which was used in the the movement to establish a Jewish homeland in a land that had people, the Palestinians.