Congressman says US foreign policy has ‘blind spot’ on Israel-Palestine conflict

CHICAGO, 03 June 2022, (TON): Illinois Congressman Sean Casten (D-6th) told media “American foreign policy has a blind spot when it comes to getting accurate information on challenges facing Israelis and Palestinians or achieving peace.”

Elected in 2018 after defeating conservative Peter Roskam, Casten said he saw how the status quo provokes extremists on both sides, Hamas and Israeli settlers, during two visits to Israel and later the West Bank.

Casten said “he supports a two-state solution but believes it will be difficult to achieve under current circumstances.”

He stressed “he supports Israel’s right to security in the face of threats from Hamas, as well as the rights of Palestinian civilians, citing the experiences he saw Palestinian farmers face from armed settlers while in Bethlehem last February.”

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