“If we keep going like this, we are on the verge of a real World War Three.”
UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Miguel Angel Moratinos warned this Thursday about the danger that conflict in the Middle East could lead to a third world war. “For the first time in my long diplomatic history, in more than 40 years, I have to tell you that I am extremely concerned. “If we continue like this we are on the brink of a real World War Three.”
Because “Because what is the next step after Iran attacks? The Israeli government says that ‘it is between barbarians and civilized people. choose’. “Here it is not a war of civilizations, it is a political, territorial, war of power, but not of civilizations,” the former minister said at a meeting organized by Sidob in Barcelona.
“If this continues,” Moratinos said, “there will be new alliances. In the West we will say we must defend ourselves and continue against the barbarians. Like? Let’s eliminate them all. Let’s eliminate them all. Then The alliance will start, BRICS will meet soon in Moscow and what will happen? Then they also enter into conflict. “I am not saying that this is going to happen, but I am a professional, diplomatic. And I am sending this message for the first time in 40 years of political life.”
Moratino has said that, following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the response of the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu has been based on “shock and insult”.
He said, “(Israel’s) response has been so extreme and the situation is so abusive, inhumane and destabilizing that, for the well-being of everyone, including Israel, we have to say enough.”
He has expressed regret that Netanyahu stated before the United Nations that this is a struggle between civilization and barbarism, although Moratinos believes that this approach could enter into the “game of alliances” at the international level and change Could.
That is why he has appealed to form an international coalition to end this “unacceptable” situation, which should also include countries like Russia, China, South Africa and Brazil.
“There was a time when we Europeans set the pace; Then came the United States, which we now see trying and failing. Therefore, it is up to the entire international community to end this situation,” he defended.
Moratinos recalled that “there is a long history of friendship and cooperation between the Russian Federation and Israel” and expressed regret that the United States is being eclipsed in the Middle East while Europe remains adrift. As far as the United States is concerned, he has said that on a geopolitical level the Middle East “doesn’t worry them that much” and that the political class has traditionally been favorable to Israel, although he believes that the American Society is changing.
He has said that resolution of the conflict between Israel and Palestine requires a two-state solution and that if that does not happen, there will be “no stability or no solution” for either side. “Let’s put the two states on an equal footing for negotiations,” urged Moratinos, who observed that the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, has defended the two-state solution, and predicted that the Jewish people would eventually choose this option. will accept.