AFP, Europa Press, Sputnik and Reuters
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, November 28, 2024, p. 24
Washington. As calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip multiply, after the truce in Lebanon, US President Joe Biden announced yesterday that his government will another tryalong with other countries, to try to open negotiations on Palestine, while promoting a new arms sales package to Israel for 680 million dollars. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping said he will continue cooperation with the international community to end the conflict and reiterated his defense of the two-state solution.
Iran, Qatar, Türkiye, Jordan, Egypt and Spain spoke out in similar terms.
Biden reiterated in his X account that a possible truce must include the release of all hostages and the end of the war without Hamas in power.
However, the Biden administration is pushing to sell a new war package to Israel that includes joint direct attack munitions and hundreds of small diameter bombs, according to an official interviewed by Reuters who requested anonymity.
Hours before the ceasefire in Lebanon came into effect, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of the need to replenish weapons stocks as one of the reasons for the truce. And I say this openly, it is no secret that there have been long delays in deliveries of weapons and ammunition. These delays will be resolved soonhe asserted.
For his part, President Xi affirmed that the full solution to the Palestinian problem is the plan of two states for two peopleswith the creation of the independent and sovereign Palestinian State with its capital in East Jerusalem, based on the 1967 borders.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry pointed out that the responsibility of maintaining peace in the region falls to the international community, as does the task of pressuring Israel to end the conflict in Gaza.
The chancellor of France, Jean-Noel Barrot, stated that certain leaders They could have immunity before the International Criminal Court, following the arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
