Call for a ceasefire
UN Secretary General Guterres wants a two-state solution
January 20, 2024, 11:58 p.m
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects an independent Palestinian state. UN Secretary-General Guterres considers this “unacceptable”.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again spoken out in favor of a two-state solution. “The right of the Palestinian people to create their own state must be recognized by all,” said Guterres at the meeting of the Non-Aligned States in Uganda’s capital Kampala. The denial of the right to statehood to the Palestinian people is unacceptable.
Guterres went on to say that denying a two-state solution prolongs a conflict that has become a global threat to peace and security, contributes to polarization and strengthens extremists everywhere. He also renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire in the fight between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to reject an independent Palestinian state after the end of the Gaza war. However, his important alliance partner USA, headed by President Joe Biden, supports him.
The non-aligned states are nations that remained neutral in the East-West conflict after the Second World War and did not join either the capitalist West or the communist Eastern bloc.