The secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterrestoday described as “unacceptable” the Government’s refusal to Israel to admit the creation of a Palestinian State, after this Thursday the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuexpress his opposition to that idea.
“The refusal to accept the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians and the denial of the right to a state for the Palestinian people is unacceptable.”he claimed Guterres at the closing ceremony of the XIX Summit of Heads of State and of Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Kampala.
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“This would indefinitely prolong a conflict that has become a major threat to global peace and security, would exacerbate polarization and would embolden extremists everywhere.”he stressed in the Speke Convention Centerwhich hosts the meeting in the south of the capital of Uganda.
Thus, the secretary general of the UN insisted on his call for a halt to immediate fireas well as the “immediate and unconditional release of all hostages” of the Islamic group Hamas.
“We must do everything possible to prevent this conflict from spreading to the entire region: in West Bankacross the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon, and in Syria, Iraq and the Red Sea”warned the head of the UNafter lamenting the deaths of civilians.
In his speech to the leaders of the NAM, Guterres He also regretted the “erosion” of democracy in the world, which has left the door open to “populism and extremism”while the poverty and social inequalities increase and are violated with “impunity” the human rights.
Guterres He made these comments two days after Israel’s prime minister told USA its opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state after the Gaza war, an initiative that White House has put on the table to resolve tensions in the region.
Netanyahu He also refused a ceasefire in Loopclaiming that accepting this measure before “achieve our goals” would endanger the safety of Israel “for generations”.
The war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7 after an attack by islamist group which resulted in 1,200 deaths in Israeli territory and the taking of at least 240 people hostage.
Since then, the Israeli military offensive on Loop has caused more than 24,600 confirmed deaths among Palestiniansincluding thousands of children.
It is estimated that some 8,000 people are buried and dead under rubble of destroyed buildings, in a landscape of unprecedented devastation that, according to experts, could not be seen practically from the World War II (1939-1945).
Among the ranks of the Israeli Army, 194 soldiers have also died since the beginning of their ground invasion on October 27, while the humanitarian crisis in Loop It is worsening due to the shortage of food, drinking water, basic supplies or fuel.
The war in Loop has marked the summit of heads of State and Government of the NAMwhich began this Friday and where there have been numerous calls for unity for the group to demand the end of the hostilities.
He NAMone of the largest organizations of States on the planet, is made up of 53 countries of Africa39 from Asia, 26 from Latin America and the Caribbean and two from Europe.
