A two-state solution for Israel and Gaza has the backing of “the entire international community” and the United Nations and should be pursued even if Israel does not agree, the European Union's top diplomat has said.
Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell, the combative Spanish Socialist politician who serves as the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, is first in line to pursue what he calls a “two-state solution” to the Israel-Gaza conflict. .in comment Borrell said it's time to stop talking about the peace process and start talking more specifically about a “two-state solution” process, following US Secretary of State Blinken and UN Secretary-General António Guterres' promotion of their vision for Israel. said that he had arrived. ”
He spoke to reporters on Monday morning outside a meeting of European Union foreign ministers that was scheduled to host the Israeli foreign minister, representatives of Arab and Muslim countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine, and the League's secretary-general. “Even if they don't agree, we have to have a discussion” about overturning Israel's position on the issue, Borrell of the Arab countries said.
Israel Katz speaks to the media holding a photo of an Israeli hostage held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip ahead of a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on January 22, 2024. Minister for Foreign Affairs (Photo: JOHN THYS/AFP) (Photo: JOHN THYS/AFP, Getty Images)
he said: “What we want to do is build a two-state solution, so let's talk about that… So from now on, we're not going to talk about the peace process, we're going to talk about the two-state solution process.” If so, you need to research the root causes that are preventing you from implementing this solution. ” Borrell acknowledged that Hamas was “one of the problems” standing in the way of a two-state solution, but said “there are others,” in an apparent euphemism with the Israeli government.
Borrell dismissed Israel's opposition to the two-state solution as irrational and without international support. “The entire international community is behind it,” he said, adding that the United States supports it, and said of Israel: What other solutions do they have in mind? To get all the Palestinians out? To kill them? ”
In Borrell's opinion, fighting Hamas is itself a waste of time. We are mindful of what Hamas is and what it has done, and we certainly reject it. [it] and we blame [it]. However, peace and stability cannot be built solely through military means or through specific uses of military means. ”
Borrell's comments were followed by others over the weekend from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who publicly reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to act on UN instructions. As reported, he said that denying Palestine full statehood was unacceptable and that “the right of the Palestinian people to establish their own state must be recognized by all.” There is.
The Biden administration is also pushing for the establishment of a Palestinian state, with the president himself saying it is “the only way to guarantee the long-term security of both Israelis and Palestinians,” and Secretary of State Antony Blinken also said this in Davos. Told. Last week, we needed a Palestinian state. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back on the idea, vowing to continue the offensive until he achieved “the end…complete victory.”
“We will restore security to both the south and the north,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week. No one will stop us – not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil, not anyone else… We are on the path to victory and we will not stop until we achieve victory. ”
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