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- The state of Qatar wishes to express its concern about the ceasefire collapse and the continuation of the Israeli aggression, which has resulted in destruction, death and suffering for more than two million people.
- It also wishes to confirm that it is working towards international efforts to continue implementing the phases of the ceasefire achieved through the efforts of the US, Qatar and Egypt.
- Qatar is still working with its partners to move to the next phase of the agreement, to fully implement it to include the release of all the captives and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces.
- The state of Qatar cannot accept the starvation of the Palestinian people or allow the use of humanitarian aid as a weapon of war.
- The Qatari people are known for their openness, acceptance and tolerance, and the state of Qatar is not trying to benefit politically from the war.
Key to peace is two-state solution: Turkish foreign minister
Here’s a summary of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s translated comments at the news conference in Doha:
- We discussed Gaza today because Israel is “ethnically cleansing Palestinians” in violation of international law.
- In the current situation, it is crucial to pressure Israel to accept the ceasefire.
- The key to a just and peaceful solution for the Palestinian cause is the two-state solution.
- In the communication group in the Islamic and Arab committee in Antalya, we have confirmed that we’ll continue our efforts to ensure that both peoples, Palestinian and Israeli, will live in peace and prosperity based on the two-state solution.
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says he noticed some progress in the Gaza ceasefire talks on Thursday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in recent days Hamas had shown it would be more open to an agreement that goes beyond a ceasefire in Gaza and aims for a lasting solution to the crisis with Israel.
On April 19, Fidan and Turkiye’s intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, held talks with Hamas officials in Ankara to discuss the latest efforts for a ceasefire.
Netanyahu dismisses idea of Palestinian state – again
The Israeli prime minister says establishing a Palestinian state will not lead to peace.
“The idea is folly, nothing more than folly,” he said.
Netanyahu added that Israel has decided to “go around the Palestinians” and their demands for a state and negotiate directly with Arab countries to forge formal ties with them.
The 2002 Arab Peace Initiative conditions recognising Israel on the establishment of a Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as its capital.
But the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco signed diplomatic agreements with Israel in 2020 despite the continuing occupation. Sudan also agreed to join the normalisation accords, but it has not established official relations with Israel.
Netanyahu acting like ‘imperialist ruler’ of region: Mustafa Barghouti
The Palestinian politician has slammed Netanyahu for saying that the idea of establishing a Palestinian state is “folly”, urging Palestinian unity and an end to the “illusion” of compromise with the Israeli government.
“Netanyahu has clearly revealed that the aim of normalisation with the Arab world is to liquidate the Palestinian cause,” Barghouti said in a social media post.
He added that Netanyahu is acting like a “hubristic imperialist ruler of the entire region”.
