Russia’s State Duma today condemned Israel’s Knesset’s a resolution rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“The delegates of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation resolutely condemn the stance of the State of Israel’s Knesset, expressed in the July 18, 2024 Knesset declaration against the establishment of the state of Palestine,” the Duma said in a statement.
“By groundlessly and baselessly claiming that the very establishment of the State of Palestine would pose a threat to Israel and its citizens and would render the Israeli-Palestinian conflict intractable and destabilize the region, the Israeli Parliament blatantly violates the principles and norms of international law that constitute the basis for a Middle East settlement, as well as the numerous legally binding resolutions of the UN Security Council, which unequivocally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Palestine as the solution to the Palestinian problem,” the Duma added.
It stressed that “By doing so, Israeli deputies representing the extreme reactionary and militant wing of the Israeli Parliament undermine the long-standing efforts of the international community to establish peace and tranquillity in the Middle East, the key to which is a just solution to the Palestinian problem.”
The Deputies of the State Duma believed that the Knesset’s resolution rejecting Palestinian statehood is an attempt “to negate the growing support in the world for the legitimate demands of the Palestinian people, reduce the determination of the supporters of a just settlement in the Middle East to effectively confront Israeli aggression, humanitarian catastrophe, and the number of civilian casualties.”
They recalled that “the vast majority of UN Member States (147 out of 193) have already recognized the statehood of Palestine.”
They called on “the parliaments of the states of the world and international parliamentary organizations to condemn the unlawful statements of the Knesset of the State of Israel and to make every possible effort to put an early end to the bloodshed in Palestine, to strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism, to resolve conflicts by political and diplomatic means, using, inter alia, the potential of parliamentary diplomacy, inter-parliamentary contacts and cooperation.”
Source: WAFA
