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Guterres: Israel’s refusal to recognize a Palestinian state is ‘unacceptable’

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He general secretary United Nations, Antonio Guterres described this Saturday as “unacceptable” refusal of the Israeli government to recognize creation of a Palestinian stateafter this Thursday, the Prime

Guterres: Israel’s refusal to recognize a Palestinian state is ‘unacceptable’

He general secretary United Nations, Antonio Guterres described this Saturday as “unacceptable” refusal of the Israeli government to recognize creation of a Palestinian stateafter this Thursday, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuexpress your disagreement with this idea.

“The refusal to accept a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians and the denial of the right to a state for the Palestinian people is unacceptable,” Guterres said at the closing ceremony of the meeting. XIX Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (DN) in Kampala.

“This will prolong indefinitely the conflict that has become serious threat to global peace and securitywill deepen polarization and embolden extremists everywhere,” he stressed at the Speke Conference Center, where the meeting is taking place in the south of the Ugandan capital.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to contradict the US president’s claims on Saturday. Joe Bidenon the creation of a Palestinian state after the end of war against Hamas in Gaza.

Biden said Friday he spoke with Netanyahu about possible solutions for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, suggesting that one path could include non-militarized government.

“In his conversation with President Biden, Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated his policy that once Hamas is destroyed, Israel must maintain security control over the Gaza Strip ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel, a demand that contradicts the demand for Palestinian sovereignty“, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

When asked to clarify whether Netanyahu opposes any Palestinian state, his office did not immediately respond.

Biden’s call to Netanyahu was the first in almost a month, the news agency reported. White House. When asked if it was Two-state solution ‘impossible’ While Netanyahu was in power, Biden responded: “No it’s not like that”.

He added that Netanyahu is not opposed to all two-state solutions and that there are several possible options.

Netanyahu did not directly and explicitly reject the idea of ​​creating a Palestinian state. But on Thursday he said that in any deal for the foreseeable future:

“With or without agreement, Israel must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River. This necessary condition. This is contrary to the principle of sovereignty, but what can be done about it?

US-backed peace talks to achieve a so-called “two-state solution” in which Israel would coexist with a Palestinian state in A loop, West Bank And East Jerusalemfailed ten years ago.

On Thursday US State Department RepresentativeMatthew Miller said that it is impossible to solve Israel’s long-term security problems and the short-term problems of reconstruction of the Gaza Strip without the creation of a Palestinian state.

Miller said that Israel now has an opportunity because countries in the region are ready to offer security guarantees to Israel.

(according to information from EFE And Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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