Israeli PM Calls For 2-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
- Lapid’s comment is coming less than six weeks before a November 1 election that could possibly return the right-wing former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has called for a two-state solution to decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict during a speech to the 77th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA77.
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) opened on Tuesday, 13 September 2022.
Lapid’s mention of a two-state solution was the first by an Israeli leader in years at the UNGA.
“An agreement with the Palestinians based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel’s security, for Israel’s economy, and for the future of our children,” Lapid said in his remarks to the UNGA.
However, the Israeli PM also said any agreement would be conditioned on a peaceful Palestinian state that would not threaten Israel.
Lapid’s comment is coming less than six weeks before a November 1 election that could possibly return the right-wing former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power. Netanyahu is a long-standing opponent of the two-state solution.
Previous efforts to reach a two-state agreement over the years have been stalled with Palestinians and several rights groups saying Israel’s occupation and control of Palestinian territories through its military rule over millions of Palestinians and persistent settlement construction are entrenched.
Reacting to the development, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the Israeli Prime Minister’s call for a two-state solution but said on Friday the proof would be an immediate return to negotiations.
In a speech to the General Assembly, Abbas said the UN must recognize Palestine’s full state membership status and contribute to laying out a plan to end the Israeli occupation.
He said, “Our trust in achieving peace is regressing because of Israel’s occupation policies,”
When Abbas met on the sidelines with the European Special Envoy for the Middle-East Peace Process, Sven Koopmans, to discuss the latest political developments and ways to protect the two-state solution, he stressed the need to formulate a road map that puts everyone in front of their responsibilities in order to end the occupation and establish the Palestinian state.
He said talks should not be limited to economic solutions, as there is no alternative to a serious political horizon.
Source | Choc News
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