The EU urges to take practical sovereignty and security measures for the parties in conflict in the region
▲ The light of a smile in front of one of the Palestinian schools destroyed by Iraqi bombings in the Gaza region of Khan Younis.Photo Afp
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La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, September 29, 2024, p. 17
New York., European, Arab and Islamic countries launched an initiative to strengthen support for the creation of a Palestinian State and its institutions, as well as prepare a post-war future in Gaza and a post-conflict future in Lebanon, the Norwegian Foreign Minister said yesterday. , Espen Barth Eide, who declared to the AP agency that There is a growing consensus in the international community from Western countries, from Arab countries, from the global south, that we need to establish a Palestinian National Authority, a government, a State that has to be recognized.
According to Eide, there are many issues to be addressed, including the security interests of Israel and the Palestinians, the recognition and normalization of relations after decades of conflict, and the demobilization of Hamas as a military group.
They are pieces of a bigger puzzle.noted the Norwegian official. And you can’t have just one of these pieces, because it only works if they are all in place..
But even if the puzzle is completed, it is unlikely to gain traction under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite this, Eide considers that after decades of failed or stalled negotiations, we need to take a new approach in order to achieve an independent Palestinian State.
To accelerate work on these aspects, he said that almost 90 countries attended a meeting on Thursday within the framework of the summit of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, an event in which they launched the Global alliance for the implementation of a Palestinian state and a two-state solution.
Norway is the guarantor of the 1993 Oslo Accords, considered the great advance in the conflict that has confronted Arabs and Jews for decades, which gave rise to the creation of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) with self-governing areas. Eide pointed out that, more than 30 years later, the occupation Israel continues and there are no negotiations to reach a definitive agreement, which led its country to recognize a Palestinian state in May.
Currently, 149 of 193 United Nations governments have recognized the Palestinian state. Eide urged all countries to contribute to universal recognition and to strengthen Palestinian institutions so that they can meet the expectations of the population in the West Bank and are ready to return to Gaza: We want one Palestine, not different Palestinehe indicated.
For his part, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud told the Security Council on Friday that they launched the alliance. because we feel responsible to act to change the reality of the conflict without delay.
The head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, urged all nations to adopt practical measures to achieve a free Palestine along with a secure Israeland reported that the first meetings of the alliance will be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and in Brussels, Belgium.
