The deputy ambassador of USA before the UNRobert Wood, has alleged that the North American country is in favor of the “two-state solution” to resolve the conflict between israelis and palestiniansbut consider that Initiatives such as the one voted on in the Assembly do not allow progress in this objective.
“Statehood will only come with a direct negotiation process between the parties“Wood stressed to justify the American refusal, during a speech in which he advocated working for that Gaza Strip not be “a platform for terrorism” and that there is also no new “occupation” of said enclave by Israel.
In a previous statement, the US mission had warned that “unilateral measures of United Nations” like the one adopted this Friday “will not contribute to sustainable peace in the region” so “the United States will vote against and expects other member states to do the same.” In addition, they had stressed that “the efforts to progress on this resolution do not change the reality that the Palestinian Authority does not meet the criteria to become a full-fledged State”.
For his part, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Jose Manuel Albareshas also influenced from Washington that the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken did not show “any type of disagreement” during their meeting by the decision of the Government of Spain to recognize the Palestinian State.
Albares met this Friday morning with the US Secretary of State in a meeting that lasted about an hour and 25 minutes. Both politicians discussed various crises on the international scene, from the crisis in Loop, to the situation in Haiti or the Sahel and of course the war in Ukraine. In this sense, the minister has warned that “had not traveled to the country to report the recognition“.
“This is one sovereign decision of Spain“We have talked about the Middle East and the situation in Gaza like many other topics and we would have talked exactly the same about the Middle East and Gaza if recognition had already occurred or if it were not going to occur,” he emphasized. Regarding the Blinken’s response to the Executive’s decision, the minister assured that “at no time” had he noticed “any type of discrepancy arise” since the Spanish position has been public for a long time.
“The Hitlers of our time”
On the other hand, the british ambassador before the United Nations, Barbara Woodward, has justified the abstention of United Kingdom to this resolution arguing that “that the first step to achieve this objective is resolve the immediate crisis in Gaza“.
Woodward has remarked that Kingdom United is “firmly committed” to the solution of two States, but to achieve this it is first necessary to “achieve an agreement that free the hostages and allow a pause in the fighting”, as a preliminary step to a sustainable and permanent ceasefire.
Ambassador Woodward has also indicated that the United Kingdom remains deeply concerned about prospect of major operation in Rafah and that he will not support such an act unless there is a “very clear plan” to protect civilians, as well as their medical care and assistance. “We have not seen that plan, so, under these circumstances, we will not support a major operation in Rafah,” he concluded.
On the contrary, the Norwegian foreign ministerEspen Barth Eide, Yes, it has celebrated a “historic decision”, supported by a resolution co-sponsored by his country, one of the main allies of the Palestinian cause. “We are proud to have co-introduced a strong resolution that strengthens Palestine at the UN and call on the Security Council to reconsider the issue of Palestinian membership. Palestine“added the minister.
Before the vote, Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan, had already strongly criticized the resolution, alleging that the survival of the United Nations Charter is at stake. In this sense, he has criticized the initiatives aimed at recognizing the Palestinian State since, in his opinion, implies a “gift” to Hamas“the Hitlers of our time.”
