The Minister of Strategic Affairs of Israel, Ron Dermer, has threatened tonight with the Israeli annexation of territories of, if United Kingdom and France, among other countries, recognize the Palestinian State.
In a conversation with the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, Dermer has warned that Israel would take unilateral measures such as the legalization of unauthorized settlements and the annexation of parts of the, the largest of the three administrative sectors in which this territory was divided following the ones, which had a temporary character and that did not become applied.
This area is administered by Israel, while area B would be under administrative control of the Palestinian authority and military control of Israel, with the area A managed exclusively by the Palestinian authority.
Dermer has launched these statements in response to a potential international recognition of the Palestinian State at the New York Summit that will co -repay on June 18 France and Saudi Arabia, according to the Israeli newspaper ‘Haaretz’.
On the other hand, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar would have made similar warnings in terms of possible “unilateral measures” both Barrot and his British counterpart, David Lammy, and other countries, according to information from the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom confirmed by Haaretz.
The head of British diplomacy said last month that his government was in conversations with France about the possibility of that recognition, although he pointed out that London would only support the measure if he had tangible consequences.
Protest
For his part, the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, announced Monday that the Foreign Ministry will summon the Israel Ambassador to Stockholm, Ziv Nevo Kulman, in protest of the restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Kristerson has been in favor of the European Union to impose sanctions on Israeli ministers and extremist settlers to press Israel. “If we can gather more European countries that question more clearly what Israel does in humanitarian aid would be the best,” he said, as the newspaper has collected .
The prime minister has affirmed that Sweden supports Israel’s right to defend himself, although he has stressed that “does not mean at all” that he can “whatever he wants.” “We do not tolerate what the Israeli government now does denying access to Gaza,” he added.
On the same line, the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Store; his Finnish counterpart, Petteri Orpo; and the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen; Those who have agreed that the help that enters the enclave is insufficient.
However, Nordic leaders – which have met Monday in the Finnish city of Paimio – have shown their divisions regarding the recognition of Palestine. Thus, Frederiksen has ruled out for now to take this step, alluding to not believe it is the time.
For its part, Orpo has been in favor of Palestine having a “recognized entity” that is not the Islamic resistance movement () and has said that Finland supports “the model of two states.” He also said that Helsinki has no “conditions” for the recognition of Palestine, although he has not clarified if the country will finally make that decision.
“The immediate fire should be achieved, and, of course, the ball is on the side of Israel. We must stop that cruelty once and for all,” said Finnish prime minister, as the newspaper has collected Helsingin Sanomat.
The European Union announced last week that it will review the Association Agreement with Israel following the claim of a group of 17 countries, including Spain, based on article 2 regarding the need to respect human rights in the face of the situation “unsustainable, unbearable and inhuman” in Gaza.
The authorities of Gaza, controlled by Hamas, have denounced that there are already more than 53,970 dead and about 122,960 injured since the Israeli offensive broke out after attacks perpetrated on October 7, 2023 by the Palestinian militias.
