Palestinian Authority says there can be 'no security and stability' in region without two-state solution
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Palestinian leaders have responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of a two-state solution, saying there will be "no security and stability" in the region until a fully sovereign Palestinian state is established.
Netanyahu, who leads a far-right government that opposes Palestinian statehood, on Thursday repeated his longstanding opposition to the two-state solution proposed by his American and Canadian allies, saying Israel "must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River."
Nabil Abu Rdeineh, spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said there can be no stability in the region without a Palestinian state.
"Without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of 1967, there will be no security and stability in the region," Palestinian state news agency Wafa quoted Abbas' spokesperson Nabil Abu Rdeineh as saying Thursday.
Palestinians are seeking Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem — which were captured by Israel in 1967 — for their state.
Hamas responded with a statement on Telegram Friday, writing that Netanyahu's words are "an affirmation of the fascist Zionist policy based on denying the existence of our Palestinian people and their rights, and the approach of genocide and ethnic cleansing practiced by the Zionist entity against our people, without regard to international laws and conventions."
The statement said Palestinian resistance will continue until Israel's plans of occupation are thwarted.
In 2017, Hamas accepted the idea of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, but without recognizing the statehood of Israel.
Hamas officials met with Russia's Foreign Ministry in Moscow Friday, for the second time since the war began, to discuss ways to end the violence in Gaza.
Russia condemned Hamas for the deadly Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the current conflict, but has also criticized Israel for using excessive force in its responding bombardment of Gaza. Moscow has called for an immediate ceasefire since the war broke out.
During the attack in October, the Israeli government says Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took more than 200 people hostage. According to Gaza health authorities, Israel's responding military assault has killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians, caused widespread destruction and uprooted over 80 per cent of the territory's 2.3 million people from their homes.
The international community has widely condemned Netanyahu's rejection of a two-state solution.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday pushed back against the Israeli PM.
"Canada's position is crystal clear. We believe the only way forward for the region, indeed the only way forward for a safe and secure Israel, is to have a Palestinian state that is also safe and secure with internationally-recognized borders. We believe in a two-state solution," Trudeau said at a press conference in Iqaluit.
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