MOSCOW, (PIC)
The Russian State Duma has condemned the Israeli Knesset for voting against 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 insisting that the very establishment of a Palestinian state will create a threat for Israel and its citizens, make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict unresolvable and destabilize the situation in the region, the Israeli parliament crudely violates the principles and norms of international law at the foundation of the Middle Eastern settlement, as well as multiple legally binding resolutions of the UN Security Council, which had unequivocally proclaimed the creation of two sovereign states, Israel and Palestine, on that ancient land, as a solution to the Palestinian issue,” the Duma’s statement reads.
The Israeli Knesset has passed a resolution that overwhelmingly rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state. The resolution passed in the Knesset with 68 votes in favor and just nine against it.
