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 two-state solution is the only viable path to lasting stability in the Middle East.
Two recognised states that guarantee peace and security for their citizens.
This vote goes against the resolutions of the @UN and the aspirations of both peoples.https://t.co/wTz9vIVVlp
— Hadja Lahbib (@hadjalahbib) July 18, 2024
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.