“In a word? No,” Sa’ar replied when asked about the possibility of normalizing relations with Arab countries in exchange for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The establishment of a Palestinian state is not “today” a “realistic” plan, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Shaar said during his first press conference since taking office.
“In a word? No,” replied Gideon Shaar when asked about the prospect of a resumption of the Abrahamic accords process after the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency and the possibility of Israel’s normalization of relations with many Arab countries – up to Saudi Arabia – with in exchange for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“A Palestinian state would be a Hamas state,” he said, adding: “I don’t think such a position is realistic today, and we have to be realistic.”
The Abraham Accords, promoted by Donald Trump during his first term, allowed the normalization of relations between Israel and Arab countries such as Bahrain, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
Israel’s new foreign minister made these statements as the work of the extraordinary summit of members of the Arab League, a pan-Arab organization in which 22 countries participate, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a pan-Islamic organization in which 50 Muslim countries participate, begins in Riyadh. .
According to the Saudi news agency SPA, “the ongoing Israeli attack on the Palestinian territories and Lebanon” is to be discussed, as Riyadh promotes a new “international alliance” to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian state.
Speaking to reporters today, the Israeli foreign minister referred to the Oslo peace process, which began in the 1990s and was fought by both current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas.
This peace process, like the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, “not only (…) did not bring peace, but as we saw, they worsened our security,” said the head of Israeli diplomacy.
Hamas took power in Gaza in 2007, after the Israeli withdrawal, and “we don’t want that to happen in Judea and Samaria,” as Israel calls the occupied West Bank, he said.
During his first press conference since taking office, Gideon Saar called it “important” to remind that, contrary to the UN, Israel does not consider “Judea and Samaria to be occupied, but disputed territories.”
Hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers live there among 3 million Palestinians.
Source :Skai
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