The Israeli parliament, Knesset, has approved, by a majority vote of 68 out of 120 members, a resolution opposing the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Israeli news portal Ynet reported on Thursday.
This decision reportedly comes just a few days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel to Washington to address Congress.
"The Knesset of Israel firmly opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River. The creation of a Palestinian state in the heart of Israel would pose an existential threat to the State of Israel and its citizens, perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region. It would only be a matter of time before Hamas takes over the Palestinian state and transforms it into a radical Islamic terror base, operating in coordination with the Iran-led axis, to destroy the State of Israel," the text of the resolution read.
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Le Parlement israélien a adopté dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi une résolution s'opposant à "la création d'un État palestinien", à quelques jours d'une visite du Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu à Washington.
ReplyDeleteUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is disappointed by an Israeli parliament vote against the creation of a Palestinian state, his spokesman said Thursday.
ReplyDelete“You can’t vote away the two-state solution so the secretary-general is very disappointed by the decision of the Knesset,” said spokesman Stephane Dujarric, calling such an blueprint the only viable path to sustainable peace between Israel and the Palestinians.