The Spanish, Irish & Norwegian govts announced Wed that they would recognize a #Palestinian state, saying there would be no #peace in the #MiddleEast w/o it.
Israel denounced the move as giving aid to its enemy #Hamas.
The coordinated announcements are purely symbolic — but not w/o some power.
The leaders of the 3 countries said they hoped their recognition would press #Israel, the #Palestinians & the international community toward a #TwoStateSolution to the conflict.
“In the midst of a #war, w/tens of thousands killed & injured, we must keep alive the only alternative that offers a political solution for Israelis & Palestinians alike: Two states, living side by side, in #peace & #security,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said.
#KSA has long called for an independent Palestinian state to be created along #Israel’s 1967 borders, with East #Jerusalem as its capital. However, that likely may be untenable for Israeli PM #Netanyahu, whose government hinges on support from hard-liners.
#Palestine will never become an independent nation until an elected government that promotes the #TwoStateSolution is established by the people of Palestine.
"The United States has called for a revitalized PA to administer postwar Gaza ahead of eventual statehood.
Israel has rejected that idea, saying it will maintain open-ended security control over Gaza and partner with Palestinians who are not affiliated with the PA or Hamas. It’s unclear who in Gaza would be willing to take on such a role."
I don’t always agree with fellow Brandeis alum Tom Friedman. But he completely nails it here.
“#Israel’s long-term interests depend[] on Israel partnering with the non-Hamas Palestinian Authority based in Ramallah, in the West Bank, on the long-term development needs of #Palestinians and, ultimately, on a #TwoStateSolution. “
I'm going to be fair and blunt on the human atrocity committed by both @palestine @israel
They will #negate. There will be no faults found by either side because of the #trauma induced on the world though witness of atrocity and brutality in this conflict.
Remember you read this here!
There will be no faults found by either side and the only thing that will remain is the #negotiation for #peace and the #biden vision of a #TwoStateSolution.
Move beyond your hate for both tribes.
...There will never be peace in #Palestine, not even if there were a #TwoStateSolution, placating the #Palastinian population, neither the #Sunni, nor rhe #Shia neighboring countries will stop their hostilities until the whole of the #Israeli state is eradicated from the map.
If #Trump should at last really get his second term as president, the global balance of power will further shift even further towards #America's antagonists...
@raymondpert
May the young soul of Aaron Bushnell be now in peace, and may his great sacrifice help push the #Biden administration off their irrationally dogged support for the morally bankrupt Netanyahu-led Israel. #Netanyahu's intransigence and continued exploitation of the #Gaza crisis to avoid resolution of his own criminal justice indictment procedures is becoming more and more unbearable. #SavePalestine#TwoStateSolution#PeaceNotWar#ICJGazaGenocide
“I reclaim my right to criticize the decisions of the Israeli government without being considered an antisemite. The two things have nothing to do with each other,” [Josep Borrell] said."
@fkamiah17 The biggest problem in this issue is that we can't even discuss it, anyone against the Israeli government's actions is instantly labelled an anti-Semite. Ridiculous. #TwoStateSolution
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
Former UK foreign secretary #WilliamHague says the decision to go into #Rafah where more than 1m #Palestinians are crammed “represents the most crucial strategic moment since the war,” and the moment #Israel has to choose between those that want to rely wholly on #deterrence and those that believe a #TwoStateSolution is the only route to peace."
One does not have to be jewish to understand what #antisemitism means. Conversely, just being one does not automatically confer one the ability to be an arbiter on the issue.
>> Palestinians who were forced from their homes in 1948 who did not fight anyone didn't forfeit their property & liberty because of the action of others
That is as gross a misreading of history as it can be. Palestinians were offered a #TwoStateSolution which they rejected
The US State Department is saying it is considering recognizing Palestine as a state (and if it does then the rest of the US-allied world will follow). That's how pissed off the US is at Bibi and his constant stalling on the subject. Even the trial balloon starts putting pressure on Israel to end the Occupation, let alone if the US actually has the guts to go ahead and do it.
>> The US State Department is saying it is considering recognizing Palestine as a state (and if it does then the rest of the US-allied world will follow)
Now, top #UK diplomat says #Britain could recognize a #Palestinian state before a peace deal with #Israel without waiting for yearslong talks to conclude between Israel and the Palestinians on a #TwoStateSolution.
After 18 years of #hamas control of #Palestinians , is it impossible to suggest the only people that remain living in #gaza were families or infrastructure supporting #terrorists?
Hamas declared #jihad on #israel, October 7th 2023 from the streets of Gaza.
Hamas took 200 + #hostages from around the world on October 7th 2023.
Because of the position #hamas has on the #TwoStateSolution , I would argue all Palestinians are used as terrorist shields to promote the obstruction.
Until that changes, Israel will pound Gaza until they release all the Hostages then recognize Israel as a Nation. Once this is achieved as part of the peace process, there will be hope for Palestine again.
Until Hamas is dismantled or surrenders, the war will continue and more civilians killed.
Netanyahu must be removed, top former Israeli national security officials say - Egypt Independent https://www.egyptindependent.com/netanyahu-must-be-removed-top-former-israeli-national-security-officials-say/ More than 40 senior former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists and prominent business leaders have sent a letter to Israel’s president and speaker of parliament demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be removed from office for posing what they say is an “existential” threat to the country.
The Palestinian Authority’s role has become to delegitimize Palestinian resistance
The PA has allowed itself to become a tool for delegitimizing armed Palestinian resistance, surpassing the bounds of security coordination with Israel. It is now a direct collaborator amid the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.