The UK may formally recognize the State of Palestine after the Gaza ceasefire, without waiting for the outcome of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians to reach a two-state solution. This idea was proposed by British Foreign Secretary David Cameron.
During a visit to Lebanon on Thursday, February 1, as part of diplomatic efforts to ease regional tensions by avoiding increased clashes, the British Foreign Secretary said that recognition of a Palestinian state cannot happen while Hamas remains in Gaza. But this could happen at the same time as negotiations are taking place between Israeli officials and Palestinian leaders.
The newspaper quoted the former prime minister as saying that the United Kingdom’s recognition of an independent State of Palestine, including in the United Nations, “cannot happen at the beginning of the process, but must happen at the end.” Watchman. “This may be something to consider as this process, this movement towards a solution, becomes more realistic,” Cameron said. The official added: “What we have to do is give the Palestinian people the prospect of a better future, a future of having their own state.” He added that this perspective is “absolutely vital to achieving long-term peace and security in the region.”
The UK, like the European Union and the United States itself, has championed the idea of an independent Palestine coexisting with Israel – a two-state solution – as a proposed solution to the conflict. In Davos in January, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Israel would “never have real, meaningful security” without a diplomatic roadmap that included the establishment of a Palestinian state. This week, the United States has already announced a set of sanctions against Jewish settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank.
For her part, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also rejected the possibility of removing the Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank. “I say clearly that we will not accept displacement. We will not accept it in the West Bank and we will not accept it in the Gaza Strip. We must reaffirm that the Palestinians have their lands in Gaza. Refugees from Gaza must not be allowed to enter,” Annalena Baerbock said at a press conference in Cairo in early last January. : “To enter Egypt.”
Israel rejects the solution
The two-state proposal, already complex in itself, became even more complex after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and the Israeli military response in the Gaza Strip. In late January, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly rejected the two-state solution.
“I will not concede when it comes to full Israeli security control over the entire area west of the Jordan River – this is inconsistent with the Palestinian state,” Netanyahu wrote on the social media site X. Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also said at a conference in Jerusalem, earlier this week, where thousands of far-right activists, 12 members of Benjamin Netanyahu's government and 15 representatives from Israel's ruling coalition parties gathered. Gush Katif is the name of the large settlement bloc in southern Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, when Ariel Sharon ordered a withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave.
“We have to establish ourselves in Gaza, with security forces and settlers who will surround themselves and this land with love,” said Shlomo Karhi, Israel’s communications minister. “We have an obligation to act in our own interests and in the interests of presumed non-participating civilians [na violência do Hamas]We have to ensure voluntary migration,” he said, before explaining that Palestinians may have to be “coerced” into deciding to emigrate.
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