Israeli ambassador to London Tzipi Hotovely has said that the creation of a sovereign and independent state of Palestine next to Israel is impossible.
Tzipi Hotovely responded to a Sky News journalist’s question whether an independent and sovereign Palestine will be established after the end of hostilities in the Gaza Strip. According to the Jewish diplomat, the formation of a Palestinian state is impossible, as the Palestinians “never” wanted to live next to Israel.
It should be noted that in 1947, with the direct co-operation of the Soviet Union, the UN decided to create two states – Palestine and Israel. In the end, however, only one was created.
“The answer is absolutely not, and I will tell you why. <…> The reason why the Oslo Accords failed* is because the Palestinians never wanted a state next to Israel, they wanted a state from the river to the sea,” Hotovely said in an interview with a Sky News journalist.
*Series of two bilateral international agreements on the results of secret negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, held under the auspices of Norway.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned that the plans of the Collective West do not include the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine. At the same time, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington did not support the ceasefire initiative in the Gaza Strip until the Palestinian Hamas movement was “completely destroyed”.