According to Josep Borrell, Israel financed Hamas to weaken the Palestinian Authority

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Diplomat did not provide proof Solid evidence to support his explosive statement. one in Speech given at the University of Valladolid (Spain), Borrell also accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “personally” derailing any efforts to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“The bad news is that Israel, and especially its government, is absolutely refusing – and Netanyahu said it again yesterday, as if anticipating my words today – to accept a (two-state) solution. To which he has personally been boycotting for the last 30 years,” Borrell said. His words came a day later Netanyahu will reject Washington’s call to create a Palestinian state After the war and to reduce Israeli military aggression in Gaza.

“We believe that the two-state solution must be imposed from outside to achieve peace,” Borrell explained. “But I emphasize that Israel, by continuing to reject this solution, has gone so far as to create Hamas itself. Yes, Fatah Hamas is funded by the Israeli government to try to weaken the Palestinian Authority.“He added.

The so-called two-state solution – which would give statehood to the Palestinians – is one of the essential principles in the European and Western approach to Gaza after the war. Borel first described the two-state solution Israel’s “best security guarantee”,

During his visit to Lebanon earlier this month, the EU’s top diplomat said the creation of a Palestinian state was “the only viable solution that can bring peace and security to Israel and Palestine.” But during Friday’s speech, Borrell lamented how “everyone except the Israeli government” is demanding that solution.

Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East last October, Borrell has led calls for the EU Reduction in hostility. He also called for the humanitarian pause in the besieged Gaza Strip to “evolve” towards a permanent ceasefire that would allow political peace talks to begin. “If we do not intervene strongly, the cycle of hatred and violence will continue from generation to generation, from funeral to funeral, sowing the seeds of hatred in Gaza today,” Borrell said.

In his speech on receiving the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa in Valladolid, he said these words

In his speech upon receiving the title of Doctor “Honoris Causa”, Borrell also hinted against Israeli extremists are settled in the West Bank.“The international community considers them (the allottees) illegal, but has done nothing to stop this illegality,” Borrell said. He said residents are more “violent” today than before the conflict began on October 7.

The European External Action Service (EEAS), the diplomatic arm of the Borrell-led bloc, is considering the possibility of following the example United States and United Kingdom and approval Settlers held responsible for violence in the West Bank. But foreign ministers are unlikely to approve planned sanctions against the settlers when they meet in Brussels next Monday, according to diplomatic sources.