An Israeli armored personnel provider strikes alongside the border with the Gaza Strip, seen from a place on the Israeli aspect of the border November 11, 2024 in southern Israel, Israel. | Photograph credit score: Getty Pictures
Israeli Overseas Minister Gideon Saar on Monday (November 11, 2024) rejected the institution of a Palestinian state as a “practical” purpose, amid the continuing warfare within the Gaza Strip.
“I do not suppose this place is practical right this moment and we should be practical,” the newly appointed minister mentioned in response to a query concerning the creation of a Palestinian state in alternate for normalization of ties between Israel and Arab international locations.
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A Palestinian state could be “a Hamas state,” Saar added, referring to the Palestinian militant group in Gaza with which Israel has been at warfare for greater than a yr.
The normalization drive was a part of the 2020 Abraham Accords overseen by Donald Trump and the method might resume after his return to the White Home following final week’s US presidential election.
As he spoke in Jerusalem, Arab and Muslim leaders met in Saudi Arabia for a summit that will handle the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, the place Israel can be preventing Hamas ally Hezbollah.
The Saudi Overseas Ministry introduced plans for a summit in late October throughout a gathering, additionally in Riyadh, of a brand new “worldwide alliance” to push for the institution of a Palestinian state.
The present warfare in Gaza erupted with Hamas’ unprecedented assault on southern Israel on October 7 final yr, leading to 1,206 deaths, principally civilians, based on an AFP tally of official Israeli figures.
Israel’s retaliation marketing campaign has killed greater than 43,603 individuals in Gaza, most of them civilians, based on information from the Hamas-run territory’s Well being Ministry that the United Nations considers dependable.
Hezbollah, based mostly in Lebanon and like Hamas, is backed by Iran, started firing on Israel after the Oct. 7 assault.
Common cross-border exchanges intensified in late September when Israel stepped up its airstrikes and despatched floor troops into southern Lebanon.
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