GAZA, (PIC)
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that Israel cannot be allowed to unilaterally block the creation of a Palestinian state after the war in Gaza.
“One thing is clear, Israel cannot have the veto right to the self-determination of the Palestinian people,” Borrell told a Brussels press conference with his Egyptian counterpart.
“The United Nations recognizes and has recognized many times the self-determination right of the Palestinian people. Nobody can veto it.”
Borrell has floated a roadmap involving an international conference on a two-state solution and has said peace needs to be “imposed” on Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn condemnation from the United Nations and defied his key backer, the United States, by rejecting calls for a Palestinian state.
