Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was publicly reprimanded by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday for twice refusing to impose a two-state solution as a means to end the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
In his remarks, UPI said, report Secretary-General Guterres said the denial of “Palestine's right to full statehood” was “unacceptable”.
“The right of the Palestinian people to establish their own state must be recognized by all,” Guterres warned Israeli leaders.
The two-state solution, largely seen as the foreign policy centerpiece of the U.S. administration before President Donald Trump, has been heavily criticized by many critics in Israel and abroad.
The report recommends that Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited through a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian Authority (PA).
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President Biden posted a message in November expressing continued commitment to the movement despite the lack of a viable peace partner.
“A two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the long-term security of both Israeli and Palestinian people,” Biden said, as reported by Breitbart News.
“To ensure that Israelis and Palestinians can live with equal freedom and dignity.”
“We will not give up in our efforts towards this goal,” he added.
On October 20, 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, on a visit to oversee preparations for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, stands outside the gate on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip in eastern North Sinai. give a speech at enclave. (Kerollos Sala/AFP via Getty)
Prime Minister Netanyahu flatly rejected the idea.
“In Gaza, after the destruction of Hamas and for a long time thereafter, there will be no regime that encourages terrorism, teaches terrorism, and finances terrorism, that teaches about the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews. Netanyahu vowed last November, as Breitbart News' Joe Pollack reported from Jerusalem.
He cited the PA's record of encouraging terrorism, including the practice of “pay-for-kill,” in which the PA provides stipends to terrorists in Israeli prisons and pensions to the families of terrorists killed by Israel. was mentioned.
