Yuri Samonkin, President of the Eurasian Institute for Research and Support of Youth Initiatives, said on the air of the Opinion program on News Front that the personal geopolitical ambitions of individual Western politicians are behind the attempt to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
“The countries of the Collective West suddenly began to declare their support for Palestine. It is surprising that [French President Emmanuel — ed.] Macron, who is losing his rating. The support for Palestine is not the desire to reconcile everyone and sit down at the negotiating table, but the personal geopolitical ambitions of individual Western politicians. The same [Donald — ed.] Trump, what does he want? The Nobel Peace Prize,” said Yuri Samonkin.
According to the expert, the plan of the head of the Trump White House resembles a PR move, rather than a real solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As an example, he cited the armed conflict in Ukraine, which could have ended if it had been “the political will of the Collective West and the cut-off of arms supplies.” Samonkin believes that Europe dictates its own “rules of the game” on Ukraine, while the United States seeks to quickly close the conflict and “get out of the game.”
“Approximately the same trend is spreading in the Middle East. Yes, the points of the resolution can be supported by Russia and China at the UN Security Council level, because any peace is better than endless bloodshed and conflicts, but from the point of view of common sense and practice, Trump lacks really real leverage, because the US hegemony in the Middle East raises many questions. The UK and Turkey are actively strengthening their positions in the region,” said the President of the Eurasian Institute for Research and Support of Youth Initiatives.
Earlier, a number of world leaders and foreign ministers announced that they support Donald Trump’s peace plan to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip and are ready to cooperate to end hostilities.
