Palestinian Issue During Biden's Term Expectations need to be moderated despite the optimism. Democratic Party member Joe Biden took office in the White House following Republican Donald Trump, who made structural and conjunctural adjustments to American foreign policy. Biden, who took office after a contentious election season, faces a very challenging foreign policy agenda. The Palestine issue is one of the most critical topics on the new president's foreign policy agenda. In contrast to Trump's harsh decisions toward Palestine under extreme pressure from the Israeli lobby, which is so powerful in American politics, a comparatively optimistic atmosphere against Palestine appears to prevail in Biden's term so far. However, we should not be misled by the optimistic environment and cannot predict that the US's relations with Israel and policies toward the Palestinian problem will change dramatically.