Israeli ambassador rules out two-state solution following the war in Gaza
The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tzipi Hotovely, has ruled out a two-state solution following the war in Gaza. In an interview with the British news channel Sky News, she said in response to repeated questions that a two-state solution was "absolutely out of the question" for the period after the Gaza war.
"It is time for the world to understand that the Oslo paradigm failed on October 7," said the ultra-right former politician, who has already held several cabinet posts in her home country. The Oslo peace process had failed because the Palestinians had never wanted their own state alongside Israel, but one that encompassed the territory of Israel, Hotovely continued.
The Israeli Minister for Social Equality, Amichai Chikli, from the ruling Likud party, did not even rule out the establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. The right-wing politician said this when asked about the future of the sealed-off coastal strip after the war in an interview with the Israeli news website ynet. In his own words, he was referring to "certain parts where it makes sense". He also said that the Palestinian Authority should not be involved in the administration of Gaza after the war. "This is a fictitious authority. We did not pay with the blood of our best sons to give them control," Chikli said.
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Source: www.ntv.de
