Israel undermines chances of establishing a Palestinian state, says Palestinian Prime Minister Ishtaye
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye said that Israel undermine any chances of establishing a Palestinian state. He said that the Israeli government doesn’t want any solution on this matter.
Tensions are often high between Israel and Palestinians living
in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank because of the conflict. Prime
Minister Ishtaye said that no solution will be achieved through negotiations.
Ishtaye said that the Israeli government will not hold any talks with
Palestine. He called on Singapore to recognise the Palestinian state.
Reportedly, earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that his government would not hold any talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas or any other officials of Palestine.
Direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians,
which were sponsored by the United States (US) for nine months, stopped in 2014
because of the issues related to Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Palestinians in Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank said
that they suffered a lot because of Israeli actions and restrictions. Gaza is
ruled by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has fought Israel many
times.
Earlier, Palestine held the Israeli government directly
responsible for the Jewish settlers’ practices in the West Bank. Reportedly,
the Palestinian Foreign Ministry accused the Jewish settlers’ of trying to set
fire to Palestinian vehicles in East Jerusalem.
In January, Israeli police illegally displaced Palestinians
from their home in Sheikh Jarrah. Dozens of Israeli police officers stormed the
home of the Salhiya family in Sheikh Jarrah, where 40 people would live.
Last year, violence against Palestinian worshipers at the
al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem led to an 11-day war between Palestine and the
Israeli regime. At least 260 Palestinians, including 66 children, were killed
because of the war.
Israel still occupies the West Bank. However, Palestinians
want the occupied West Bank as part of their future independent state. Israel
claims the whole of Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East
Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
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