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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

With Biden, Palestinians Seeking Freedom Get Permits Instead

Palestinian workers line up while waiting at the Palestinian side of Erez crossing to cross into Israel, in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March. 27, 2022. (AP)

For more than two years, the Biden administration has said that Palestinians are entitled to the same measure of "freedom, security and prosperity" enjoyed by Israelis. Instead, they've gotten US aid and permits to work inside Israel and its Jewish settlements.

The inconsistency is likely to come up when President Joe Biden visits Israel and the occupied West Bank this week for the first time since assuming office.

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