Senator Rick Scott Calls Biden’s Two-State Solution “Disgusting”
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is criticizing the Biden administration’s policy shift in the Middle East and its consideration of supporting a Palestinian state.
“Less than four months ago, Iran-backed Palestinian terrorists killed more than 1,200 Israeli men, women and children and today President Biden wants to reward those terrorists with a country of their very own,” he said in a Thursday statement.
“These terrorists beheaded children and babies, raped girls and burned innocent civilians alive. Biden’s plan is like giving a gift to Osama bin Laden four months after 9/11.
“Maybe Biden wants to appease the dangerous element in his political coalition that hates Israel. Or maybe his declining mental condition blinds him to the recklessness of his actions. Regardless, I will insist on restrictions in the upcoming government funding bills that prohibit any recognition of any kind of Palestinian state. America will not reward terror.”
The statement released by Scott’s office goes on to say: “The atrocities committed by Iran-backed Palestinian terrorists during their October 7th attack, and their ongoing war in Israel, have killed more than 1,200 innocent people, and at least 33 Americans. Hundreds more, including Americans, have been taken hostage. This attack has also sparked more than 140 attacks against U.S. troops within the region.”
The Biden administration is close to unveiling a “big, bold doctrine” in the Middle East that would have at its core a two-state solution that would benefit from a scaled-up security alliance with Saudi Arabia, The New York Times opinion writer Thomas Friedman wrote in a column.
The third track of this strategy, dubbed the “Biden Doctrine” by Friedman, would also include a “strong and resolute stand on Iran, including a robust military retaliation against Iran’s proxies and agents in the region.”
But at the heart of this strategy, Friedman posits, is “an unprecedented U.S. diplomatic initiative to promote a Palestinian state — NOW.”
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