“A” South African moment “is approaching, when a combination of political pressure, economic, sporty and cultural boycotts helped forcing Pretoria to abandon the apartheid? Or the right -wing government of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to overcome the diplomatic storm, leaving Israel free to pursue its goals in Gaza and in the Cisgiordan permanent damage to your international reputation? “. The question was asked a few days Paul Adams, BBC commentator, and took it back to Italy Nathalie Toccidirector of the International Affairs Institute.
Israel appears more and more isolated on the international scene, while more and more countries announce the official recognition of the Palestinian state. Monday the French president Emmanuel Macron He formally announced the recognition by Paris during a United Nations Conference co-hospited by his country and Saudi Arabia. Macron was joined by the leaders of Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, San Marino and Andorra, who made similar statements during the conference aimed at promoting a two -states solution. The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Portugal They had released their declarations of recognition of Palestine the day before.
By now the Palestinian state is recognized by 16 countries of the European Union out of 27, in total, three quarters of the UN Member States recognize the state of Palestine. According to the counting and checks of the France Presse news agency, at least 149 countries out of the 193 members of the UN recognize or recognize the Palestinian state (this figure includes France, Canada and Australia).
The French president told the conference that the time has come to put an end to the war and free the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. He warned by the “danger of infinite wars” and said that “the right must always prevail over strength”. The international community has failed to build a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, she said, adding that “we must do everything in our power to preserve the possibility of a two -states solution” that would see “Israel and Palestine side by side in peace and safety”.
Both the United States and Israel have argued that the recognition of a Palestinian state at this moment would be equivalent to a reward for Hamas who would not favor the efforts to free the 48 hostages left and put an end to the war in Gaza, but could rather damage these goals. Donald Trump also said this in his speech of September 23 before the United Nations General Assembly, a speech in which he violently attacked the institution that was hosting him.
Itamar Ben-GvirMinister of National Security Israeli of the far right, said on Monday evening that these moves require “immediate countermeasures”, including the annexation of the West Bank occupied by Israel. Ben-Gvir has added that in the next few days he will present to the Israeli government a proposal to apply the “sovereignty” in the West Bank. He also threatened to “completely crush” the Palestinian authority, which administers part of the territory.
Own Mahmoud Abbasthe leader of the Palestinian authority, connected by video by Ramallah (the United States refused his visa) illustrated to the UN the measures that the Palestinian authority is adopting to reform, in order to be better prepared to govern Gaza once the war is finished. The “Global reform program” will promote good government, transparency, the rule of law and will see reforms of the financial system and educational systems of the Palestinian authority. The latter reform will be in line with UNESCO standards and will be made within two years, said Abbas.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said: “The statoma for the Palestinians is a right, not a reward”.
So far Italy has not taken into consideration the recognition of the Palestinian state. According to what reported by Corriere della SeraGiorgia Meloni has expressed himself in these terms: “I am not contrary to a recognition of Palestine, but we must be understood on what it means. At this moment it is more logical to focus on diplomatic construction, and on the reconstitution of the conditions necessary for the existence of a state, when this process will have produced fruits then there will also be a territory and real data to be recognized”.
Germany is also braking on the recognition of the Palestinian state.The newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine It observes in particular that “Germany is taking on more and more in Europe the role that the United States play in the Security Council: that of the last defender of Israel”. The Frankfurt newspaper, however, specifies that Berlin does not want his position to be interpreted as “a white card for Netanyahu, but rather as a lesson in his own story”.
