Palestine – Palestinian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Mustafa discussed, yesterday, Sunday, with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, the necessity of stopping the Israeli war on Gaza and increasing relief for the besieged Strip.
This came during Mustafa’s reception of the British Minister in his office in the city of Ramallah, according to a statement issued by the Prime Ministry, a copy of which was received by Anadolu Agency.
Mustafa stressed the “necessity of pushing efforts to stop the war of extermination once morest our people in the Gaza Strip, enhancing emergency relief, and increasing the entry of humanitarian aid, in addition to stopping the attacks of the occupation and settlers and settlement expansion in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.”
He stressed that “the recent Security Council Resolution 2735, which has the approval of all, constitutes a good starting point to stop the war on the Gaza Strip, contributes to the return of residents to their homes, the entry of aid and needs throughout the Strip, ending the occupation of the Gaza Strip, and beginning the reconstruction process, and confirms the vision of the two-state solution.”
On June 10, the Security Council adopted a US draft resolution (2735) for a ceasefire in Gaza, by a majority of 14 votes, while Russia abstained.
Mustafa said: “We have not left the Gaza Strip, and we will do everything possible to help our people in the Strip.”
He pointed out that “the Palestinian Authority was established in the Gaza Strip, and all basic services provided, including education, health, water, electricity, and others, are provided by the government and its employees receive salaries from it.”
He pointed out that “Israeli deductions of approximately 275 million shekels (regarding 35 million dollars) per month from the clearance funds are considered government allocations for the Gaza Strip.”
Mustafa discussed with Lamy “the importance of enhancing British support for Palestine in a way that contributes to building institutional capacities and economic recovery and revival from the repercussions of the occupation war on our people, and relief and reconstruction efforts.”
Mustafa briefed the British minister on his government’s efforts “in institutional reform and development, focusing on energy security priorities and reliance on renewable energy, advancing the health sector and localizing services,” and others.
For his part, British Foreign Secretary Lammy affirmed “the commitment to the two-state solution, and his country’s efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire agreement, to allow aid to reach all residents of the Gaza Strip, to stop the illegal Israeli settlement expansion and the increasing settler violence in the West Bank, and to support the government and its reform efforts.”
For his part, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein al-Sheikh, said in a tweet on the “X” platform that he met with the British minister and asked him “to work to stop the aggression once morest the Palestinian people in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem and to allow the entry of humanitarian aid” to the Palestinian people in Gaza.
He added that he also called for “the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza according to a comprehensive political solution that ends the occupation in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions, and recognition of the State of Palestine.”
Since the beginning of the war on Gaza, there has been repeated talk regarding the “day following the war” and who rules the Gaza Strip, and Israeli and American visions have been published regarding it, at a time when the Palestinians confirm that the day following is an “internal Palestinian affair.”
On June 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was not prepared to establish a Palestinian state, and would not allow the Gaza Strip to be handed over to the Palestinian National Authority.
The next day, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Israeli government was seeking to “end the Palestinian Authority, re-impose the occupation, and liquidate the rights of the Palestinian people.”
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza with American support, leaving regarding 127,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of dozens of children.
Tel Aviv continues the war, ignoring the UN Security Council resolutions to stop it immediately, and the International Court of Justice orders to take measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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2024-07-16 01:02:34
