Palestine and Iran want to work with the new US president

Palestine and Iran want to work with the new US president

"I look forward to working with the elected President and his government to strengthen Palestinian-American relations and achieve freedom, independence, justice and dignity for our people, but also for peace, stability and security for all in our region and in the world. "Abbas said in a statement. He also congratulated the new Vice President, Kamale Harris. Palestinians have been waiting for three years for a change of US president in the hope that they will have a chance to resume relations with Washington. Abbas ended all political negotiations with the Trump government following his decision in December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy here. "The American people have opposed Trump's harmful policy. The next American government should seize the opportunity and settle past mistakes," Rouhani said in the Iranian media. "Iran favors constructive cooperation with the world." Tensions between Iran and the United States have risen sharply since 2018, when Trump decided to withdraw from a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and reintroduce sanctions that crippled the Iranian economy. Biden has pledged that the United States will rejoin the 2015 agreement, which was negotiated while it was vice president, if Iran also returns to honor its commitments. Tehran, in retaliation for withdrawing from the treaty, limited its obligations to the agreement. However, Iran's spiritual rulers have said that these steps can be changed if the interests of Tehran are respected. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also expressed interest in cooperating with the United States, calling Biden a great friend of Israel. But he also thanked Trump for his friendly relations. "Thank you for the friendship you have shown me and the state of Israel, for acknowledging Jerusalem and the Golan, for standing up to Iran, for the historic peace agreements and for raising the US-Israeli alliance to unprecedented heights," Netanyahu said. Among other things, the Israeli newspaper Haarec noticed Netanyahu congratulated Biden about 12 hours after Saturday's announcement of the result of the US election.