Israel let its anger explode on Wednesday after the decision of three countries to recognize the State of Palestine. The recognition, announced by Spain, Ireland and Norway, is seen as an important diplomatic victory for Palestinian leaders in their quest to end 57 years of Israeli occupation.
It constitutes a new setback for Israel after the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan requested arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged “crimes against humanity”, as well as against the leaders of Hamas, in the context of the war.
Information to remember
⇒ Israel does not let up after the recognition of the State of Palestine by several countries
⇒ The head of EU diplomacy wants to work towards “a common position” of the Twenty-Seven
⇒ The White House judges that the Israeli offensive in Rafah is “more targeted and limited”
Palestine: “Israel will not remain silent on this issue”
“Israel will not remain silent on this question” of recognition, thundered Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, announcing the summons of the ambassadors of Spain, Ireland and Norway, and the recall for consultations of the Israeli ambassadors in these three countries. “After the terrorist organization Hamas carried out the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust […] these countries chose to reward Hamas […] and to recognize a Palestinian state,” stressed Israel Katz.
Recognition of the State of Palestine is “a reward for terrorism”, said Benjamin Netanyahu, a fierce opponent of the idea of such a State alongside Israel. “We cannot give this Evil a State.”
Palestine: the head of EU diplomacy will work towards “a common position” of the 27
The head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell said on Wednesday “to take note” of the recognition of the State of Palestine by two member states, Spain and Ireland, while wishing to work towards “a common position” of the Twenty-Seven. Madrid and Dublin announced this decision, alongside Norway. “I will work tirelessly with all member states to promote a common EU position based on a two-state solution,” observed Josep Borrell on X.
The creation of a viable Palestinian state appears to be a very uncertain prospect due to Israel’s refusal to hear about it and the Jewish colonization which is fragmenting the territories on which the Palestinians aim to establish it.
Video of October 7 capture of Israeli soldiers broadcast in Israel
The Israeli war cabinet gave the green light this Thursday to the continuation of negotiations for the release of hostages in Gaza after the broadcast of images in the Israeli media showing the capture of five soldiers on October 7 by Hamas fighters.
In this sequence of just over 3 minutes, extracted from a two-hour video filmed on Go-pro by Hamas commandos according to the families, we can see these young women, some with bloody faces, sitting on the ground in pajamas, their hands tied behind their backs by their captors. Some try to speak to them in English, with terrified and imploring looks in this video montage decried by Hamas. Then, under the screams of Hamas men, they were taken away in a military jeep, against a backdrop of a burst of gunfire.
These images will “strengthen my determination to fight with all my strength until the elimination of Hamas, to guarantee that what we saw this evening will never happen again,” Benyamin Netanyahu reacted on Wednesday, before meeting late in in the evening his war cabinet. The latter agreed to “continue negotiations” for the release of the hostages, Benyamin Netanyahu’s services indicated, without elaborating.
The White House judges that the Israeli offensive in Rafah is “more targeted and limited”
The White House judged on Wednesday that the Israeli military operation in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip was “more targeted and limited” from now on, but said it remained attentive to the fate of civilians. “I have been briefed by Israeli officials on the adjustments Israel has made to achieve its military objectives taking into account harm to civilians,” said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who visited Israel. last weekend.
US President Joe Biden has publicly voiced his opposition to a large-scale ground offensive in Rafah where more than a million civilians are trapped, and threatened to halt some arms deliveries to Israel if his warning is not heeded. . “What we see so far in terms of Israeli military operations in this area is more targeted and limited,” he declared during a press conference, indicating that he had not seen any “military operations major projects in the heart of densely populated urban areas.”