Rumble
Israel Under Enormous Pressure To Divide The Land
Palestinian Authority Wants UN To Order Removal Of 500,000 Jews From Judea and Samaria
The Israeli prime minister is slated to meet with world leaders on the sidelines of the event in New York.
Netanyahu To Address
UN General Assembly
9/17/24 – By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel to the United States to deliver an address to the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 27.
The Israeli premier is slated to leave for New York on Sept. 24 for meetings with world leaders on the sidelines of the event.
Netanyahu is to address the 79th Session of the U.N. General Assembly three days later, on Friday afternoon, and fly back that Sunday.
Israel is girding for a high-stakes diplomatic confrontation at the United Nations, as the Palestinian Authority pushes for sweeping measures against the Jewish state, including calls for an arms embargo and sanctions.
Jerusalem has reportedly crafted a series of escalating countermeasures, from freezing funds to cutting security ties with Ramallah, should the General Assembly vote to adopt the proposed anti-Israel resolutions.
As high-level diplomatic consultations unfold, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has directed his team to draw up measures against the P.A. If it follows through on its threats and violates the Oslo Accords, Jerusalem won’t hesitate to “go all the way,” diplomatic sources have warned.
According to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 News on Sept. 8, Ramallah has circulated a draft resolution asking the General Assembly to urge Jerusalem to withdraw from Judea and Samaria and remove some 500,000 Israeli citizens living in the territory within six months.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz accuses E.U. foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell of leading an “antisemitic, hate-filled campaign against Israel.”
Spain: High-level Diplomats
Call for Two-State Solution
Spain on Friday hosted a senior diplomatic delegation in Madrid to discuss ways to advance a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Today, in Madrid, we are holding a meeting of European countries with the Arab-Islamic Contact Group [for Gaza] to jointly discuss the two-state solution,” tweeted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
“Together we want to identify concrete actions that will allow us to advance towards this objective. The international community must take a decisive step towards achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” he continued.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares stated that his country supports all ceasefire attempts intermediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States that would end the violence in Gaza, referring to the ongoing war in the Palestinian enclave that was initiated by Hamas on Oct. 7.
The meeting was attended by a string of state representatives highly critical of Israel—such as Turkey, Qatar and Egypt, which are members of the Arab-Islamic Contact Group for Gaza, as well as heads of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, AFP reported.
Foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Slovenia also attended, as did E.U. foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa was also present.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz lambasted Borrell for his participation, accusing him on X of being “an anti-Semite and Israel-hater who consistently tries to pass resolutions and sanctions against Israel in the E.U., only to be blocked by most member states.
“There’s a difference between legitimate criticism and policy disagreements, which are normal among friends, and the anti-Semitic, hate-filled campaign Borrell is leading against Israel—reminiscent of history’s worst anti-Semites.”
Katz went on to say that the outgoing E.U. High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs should have joined Western countries in imposing sanctions on Iran, “which threatens Europe’s security,” instead of aligning with Tehran’s and its proxies’ “anti-Israel initiatives.”
Last May, in a coordinated move, Spain together with Norway and Ireland recognized a “State of Palestine within the 1967 lines, with eastern Jerusalem as its capital and including the Gaza Strip.”
At the time, Albares described the move as a “historic milestone.”
Last week, Premier Sanchez announced: “Before the end of this year we are going to hold the first bilateral summit between Spain and Palestine, in which we hope to sign several collaboration agreements between the two states.”
Katz said that Spain’s diplomatic efforts in favor of a Palestinian state are “a gold medal to Hamas terrorists who kidnapped our daughters and burned infants.”
