The German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbocksaid that the creation of the two States It is “complex”, but he asked “not to bury our heads in the sand” and “do everything possible to alleviate the dramatic suffering” of Israelis and Palestinians.
The solution to the conflict between Hamas-Israel according to the head of diplomacy of the European Union
He head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, insisted this Monday on a solution based on two states for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and assured that Israel will not be able to achieve peace in Gaza through military means alone.
“We want to build a two-state solution. So let’s talk about that,” Borrell said upon arriving at a meeting of ministers of Foreign relations of the bloc in Brussels. Borrell made these statements before the European foreign ministers met separately with his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, and his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al Maliki.
According to Borrell, “Peace and stability cannot be built by military means alone. (…) What other solution are you considering? Make all the Palestinians leave? Kill them?”
The response they want from the European Union
Maliki said expected the EU to begin “considering sanctions against (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and others who are really destroying the chances of a two-state solution.”
On his side, the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albaressaid that Madrid advocates convening a peace conference to “implement the two-state solution.”
“A realistic and viable Palestinian state involves Gaza and the West Bank under the same Palestinian National Authority, connected by a corridor so that there is territorial continuity, with access to the sea through a port in Gaza, and with its capital in East Jerusalem,” he said. .
Upon arrival at the meeting venue, Katz ignored the press and he limited himself to saying that his country was focused on obtaining the release of the hostages captured by the Islamist group Hamas on October 7. Germany’s head of diplomacy, Annalena Berbock, reiterated that “the two-state solution is the only one, and those who do not want it have not presented any other alternative.”
The UN condemned Israel for the war in the Gaza Strip
Israel launched its offensive in Gaza following the October 7 attack by the Islamist militant group Hamasin which, according to Israeli authorities, more than 1,200 Israelis and foreigners were killed and 240 were taken hostage.
“This is heartbreaking and totally unacceptable. The Middle East is a tinderbox, we must do everything possible to prevent conflict from breaking out across the region”expressed Guterres today. The Israeli campaign has killed more than 25,000 Palestinians, Palestinian health authorities reported Sunday. Loopand has displaced most of the enclave’s 2.3 million residents from their homes.
The secretary general of the UN He added that the refusal to accept the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is totally unacceptable, and stated that denying Palestinians the right to have a state “would indefinitely prolong a conflict that has become a serious threat to peace and security.” global security”.
The invitation of the European Union to its Saudi counterparts
The EU ministers They also invited their Saudi counterparts, Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, Jordanian, Ayman Safadi, and Egyptian, Sameh Shoukry. A dialogue is also planned with the general secretary of the Arab League, the Egyptian Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
However, no face-to-face meeting between Katz and Al Maliki is planned. Jordanian Minister Safadi said that Israel’s refusal to accept the two-state solution “is a threat to the future of the region.” Of all these Arab interlocutors, the bloc’s ministers want to know their points of view, since Brussels considers that all of them could play an important role after the end of the conflict.
The presence of Katz and Al Maliki
A EU diplomatic source admitted that no concrete decision is expected from these dialogues, but added that the presence of Katz and Al Maliki in Brussels on the same day should be seen as a “strong symbol.”
The EU has already expressed its concern about the high number of victims in the bombings carried out by Israel against Gaza after the attack carried out by Hamas on October 7, which left 1,140 dead on Israeli soil.
According to the Palestinian Islamist movement, Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip in response to the attack have already caused more than 25,000 dead till the date. However, the bloc has so far failed to achieve a unified position on the need for a ceasefire.
The mission they plan to stop the Houthi rebels
At its meeting this Monday, lthe European ministers They also plan to talk about a possible EU mission in the Red Sea, where Yemen’s Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, attacked numerous merchant ships.
The idea is deploy three combat ships in the Red Seaeither. For now, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium expressed their willingness to participate, while Spain dissociated itself from the initiative. According to the original idea, EU naval mission would have mandate to shoot down missiles or drones launched by the Houthis against merchant ships, but do not carry out attacks on land targets in Yemen.
Source: Ambito
