First of all, the United States recognizing and supporting the government of Afghanistan after 2001 was not a support for the Taliban but a critical part of the effort to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda. Likewise, the best way to fight Hamas is to support the Palestinian Authority and recognize them as the legitimate sovereign state of Palestine. Right now, we do not recognize any government, which creates a de facto power vacuum, which gives Hamas room to maneuver. If you want to fight the Taliban, support a free Afghanistan. If you actually want to “kill Hamas,” you need to support Palestine.
There is a quick and easy way for Biden to end the War in Gaza, and that is to recognize the Palestinian Authority, regardless of what Netanyahu says.
The United States needs to recognize Palestine as a state and support their accession to the United Nations if there is to be peace, assuming a one-state solution is off the table.
The 1967 border will be controlled, and Israelis will need visas to go to Palestine because of the hate crimes committed by settlers against Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority will have full sovereignty over Palestine. While Israelis will have the right to travel to Palestine, assuming they pass a background check in a rigorous visa process, there should not be an extradition treaty to Israel. If you attack a Palestinian in Palestine and you are found guilty of assault, you will not be extradited to Israel. If an Israeli commits violence against a Palestinian on Israeli territory, they will be extradited to Palestine. If a Palestinian commits violence against an Israeli on Palestinian territory, they will be extradited to Israel. This arrangement will prevent future violence.
The border will be patrolled and customs will be done by the United Nations. Israel and Palestine will surrender their right to run customs on this border. This will be better than allowing Israeli police to unlawfully detain and harass Palestinians.
The visa policy for Israelis to Palestine and Palestinians to Israel will also be controlled via a third party to prevent it from being hijacked by another far-right government.
A third party will prosecute state violence against Palestinians by Israel or Israelis by Palestine. I recommend the International Criminal Court.
This third party will be a UN peacekeeping force, where both Israel and Palestine will be unrepresented, and no country will contribute over 10% of the troops to maintain security and lasting peace in the region.
In the future, once conditions change, the UN peacekeeping force can be disbanded if Israel and Palestine enter into a customs union with an open border or a one-state solution. Until there is an open border between these two states, the customs between the two must be managed by a neutral third party, and a multinational task force led by the United Nations can provide that security. There is no reason to believe that Israel or Palestine will treat citizens of the other state fairly.
Israel and Palestine will both be fully demilitarized, and NATO will protect their security, but neither will be member states of NATO.
With regards to the whole “Israel is a democracy” despite their policies against Palestinians… people who believe that probably think Andrew Jackson believed in equal rights for black people.