U.K., Australia And Canada Recognize A Palestinian State, Prompting Angry Response From Israel
London (AP) – England, Australia and Canada On Sunday, he officially recognized a Palestinian state and gave an angry response from Israel.
Three Commonwealth Countries and the coordinated initiative of the allies for a long time reflect the increasing anger Israel’s war behavior in Gaza and the steps taken to prevent the Israeli government’s efforts to create a Palestinian state Continuous expansion of the settlements in the West Bank.
According to the deteriorating situation in Gaza, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who pressures to attract a more difficult line on Israel within the Labor Party, said that Britain’s movement aims to “revive the hope of peace for Palestinians and Israelis”. He insisted that there was no reward for Hamas behind the attack on October 7, 2023, and the militants killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 people.
Starmer, Starmer, in a video message, “Today, to revive the hope of peace and a two -state solution, this great country as the prime minister of the Britain officially known the Palestinian province,” he said. “More than 75 years ago, we know the Israeli state as a homeland for the Jewish people. Today we are joining more than 150 countries that recognize the Palestinian state.”
The moves of the three countries are Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu While Hamas invites the international community to isolate Israel, it is to say that the establishment of a Palestinian state will not “not.
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The announcement was not a surprise
United Kingdom Announcement, Starmer said that in July, England will recognize a Palestinian state Unless Israel accepts a ceasefire GazaHe allowed the United Nations to bring help and took other steps towards long -term peace.
This week, more countries are expected to participate in the list that recognizes a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly. FranceLike the UK, it is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council. Portugal is preparing to do this on Sunday evening as soon as possible.
Palestine and Israeli Reactions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exploded three countries to create a “award” to Hamas.
“It won’t happen,” he said. “A Palestinian state will not be established in the west of the Jordan River.”
Netanyahu, who was ready to talk to the General Assembly on Friday before seeing US President Donald Trump at the White House, said that he would announce the response of Israel after the journey.
Netanyahu threatened to take unilateral steps, including the possibility of annexing the West Bank, in response to the recognition of a Palestinian state. Such a movement would explain the way Israel’s control over the land and to increase tensions with the international community.
Hamas greeted the decision and called it a justified result of the struggle of our people, determination and the salvation and return of the victims ”. The Islamic militant group, which swears the destruction of Israel, called on the world to isolate Israel.
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas using Palestinian authority uses limited autonomy in towns and cities West BankThe official Palestinian news agency WAFA said that the British announcement is an important step to obtain a fair and lasting peace in the region based on a two -state solution.
History overlap
In the First World War, England and France carved the region following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.
As part of these carvings, England was the rule of the Palestine at the time. He was also the author of the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which supported the establishment of a national house for the Jewish people ”.
However, the second part of the declaration has been largely neglected for decades. He said that the Palestinian people will be “nothing will be done and that nothing can prejudice their civil and religious rights”.
Burcu Ozcelik, Senior Research Assistant at the Middle East Security Research Assistant at the London -based Royal United Services Institute, said, it is important that France and England recognize Palestine because of the heritage of these two countries to the Middle East. ” “But without the United States come into play with the idea of Palestine, I think very little will change on the ground.”
Husam Zomlot, President of the Palestinian mission in the UK, said the BBC would be wrong to recognize the colonial period. “Today’s issue ends the rejection of our existence that began in 1917 108 years ago,” he said. “And I think today, the British people should celebrate a day when history is corrected.”
Diplomatic shift
Britain has supported an independent Palestinian state with Israel for decades, but it insists that recognition should come as a part of a peace plan to achieve a two -state solution.
However, since the government has become impossible, only Gaza and Most of the population In a clash of about two years, More than 65,000 people He was killed in Gaza, he displaced about 90% of the population, and a disaster caused a humanitarian crisis.
Last week, independent experts assigned by the UN Human Rights Council concluded that Israel had committed. Genocide in GazaA accusation that Israel rejects as “distorted and wrong”.
In addition, Britain is annoying Israel’s government is expanding in an aggressive way Settlements in the West BankBlack Palestinians want their future situation. Most of the world occupies Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, which was apparently conducted by the Palestinian authority.
“This movement clearly demonstrates the British concerns about the survival of a two -state solution, which has a symbolic and historical weight, and aims to keep this goal relevant and alive, Chat
The creation of a Palestinian state with Israel internationally seen As the only realistic way to solve long -term conflict.
Associated Press writers contributed to this report in London and Josef Fededan in Jerusalem.
