Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Full membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations does not require permission from Netanyahu

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the State of Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations and its recognition does not require a license or permission from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his government.

The Israeli government adopts a resolution prohibiting unilateral recognition of the State of Palestine

The ministry explained in a statement on Sunday that all countries can recognize the State of Palestine, including the American administration, without such a license and without submitting a request to Netanyahu, whether from a legal or political standpoint.

She stressed that “Netanyahu not only rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state, but also destroys on a daily basis the chances of its embodiment on the ground, by escalating the gradual annexation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, deepening and expanding settlement there and completely separating it from the Gaza Strip, and through the genocidal war he is committing against our people to empty The land belongs to its original owners.

 

The African Union unanimously condemned the “brutal war and use of excessive force against 2.2 million civilians in Gaza,” and called on Israel to respond to international calls for a ceasefire in the Strip.

The final statement of the 37th African Summit, held in Addis Ababa, affirmed that Israel is required to comply with the decisions of the International Court of Justice to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip.

He called for "lifting the unjust Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, and conducting an independent international investigation into Israeli violations of international humanitarian law."

The statement also called for an independent international investigation into the Israeli bombing, which targeted hospitals and media institutions in Gaza, and the Israeli army’s use of internationally banned weapons.

This comes as calls are rising from various countries of the world and from international and regional organizations demanding an end to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, which causes dozens of deaths and injuries every day, and while Israel continues to impose a siege on more than two million Gazans, forcing them to leave to Rafah in the far south of the Strip. . 

This comes as Western countries, led by the United States, continue to provide political cover in the Security Council and prevent the issuance of a decision to stop the war, which has entered its fifth month.