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Belgium: Israel’s rejection of Palestinian state is against UN resolutions

July 19, 2024 at 11:11 am

Foreign Minister of Belgium Hadja Lahbib speaks to the press during a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at the EU Council headquarter in Brussels, Belgium on 20 March, 2023 [Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency]

Belgium said yesterday that an Israeli resolution rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state is against UN resolutions.

“The two-state solution is the only viable path to lasting stability in the Middle East,” Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib wrote on X. “Two recognised states that guarantee peace and security for their citizens.”

The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, voted 68-9 in favour of a resolution that rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state even as part of a negotiated peace deal, claiming such a country would be an “existential threat” to the occupation state.

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