This Sunday while the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu narrow – even more – the fence to take the Gazatí capital and move from there to its million inhabitants of. This occurs on the same day and hours later Portugal They have taken the historical step of recognizing the Palestinian state before the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations.
After the announcement of the recognitions, The Israeli army has confirmed this Sunday the entrance of its tanks in the city of Gaza In a statement in which he has affirmed that, after two weeks, the land, the forces of the 36 division “have begun their entrance to the city of Gaza” within the “Operation Carros de Gideon II”, the qualifier he uses for the offensive to invade the city.
Although the Armed Forces began the “initial phases” of the land operation on Tuesday, so far it had limited itself to preparation movements and the progressive progress of the tanks. Since then, Israel’s own army estimates that Some 550,000 people have fled from the city of Gaza to the south.
Since Tuesday, the Israeli army intensively bombard the city causing between 50 and 100 dead daily. But the war, which is about to turn two years, has already devastated the life of At least 65,208 Palestinians, including more than 19,000 childS, according to the figures of the Ministry of Health of Gaza.
Earlier this week, the United Nations Research Commission concluded that, a word that less and less countries fear clearly pronounce to qualify the Israeli military offensive against Gaza Strip.
A long data debt
The recognition of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Portugal have arrived this Sunday On the eve of an “International Conference for the solution of the two states” That it will be held this Monday at the UN General Assembly in New York, when France and five other countries are expected to join the state of Palestine.
The United Kingdom is especially important, since this country was the old colonial and signatory power in 1917 of the Balfour Declaration, the document with which it was approved to create a “national home” for the Jewish people in the hitherto Palestine, which meant the historical germ of the state of Israel.
Although until now the Palestinian State was recognized by 147 countries, including Spain, the United Kingdom and Canada, they have become the first of the G7 this Sunday to do so. In addition, the United Kingdom and France are permanent members of the Security Council – a MAXIMUM EXECUTIVE BODY OF THE UN – and add up to the position of China and Russia, to leave the United States alone within the Council.
This loneliness has manifested several times in recent years, in which the US has vetoed alone up to six times since the beginning of the war resolutions of the council that demanded from Israel a high fire. In fact, he also tried to torpedo the UN Assembly by denying the entrance visas to the Palestine Delegation, which may finally participate by videoconference.
Netanyahu insists that there will not be a Palestinian state
After the awards, Netanyahu insisted this Sunday that “there will be no Palestinian state” in a video released by his office. “That will not happen. A Palestinian State will not be established west of the Jordan River,” he said. “I have a clear message for the leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre of October 7: they are giving a great boost to terrorism,” he said.
“For years,” he continued, “I have prevented the establishment of this terrorist state from enormous internal and external pressure. We did it with political determination and wisdom,” he added. And he recalled that during his government the illegal Israeli settlements have been doubled in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, occupied by Israel. “We will continue on this path,” he said.
