UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - UN coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nikolai Mladenov has warned against derailing a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
UN coordinator Mladenov said on Friday a Security Council session on the Middle East that there was no other viable solution to end the conflict, and said those who still support a two-state solution must make it clear that departure from it means that Palestinians and Israelis face a bleak future for enduring occupation and endless violence. Him, a threat to regional stability.
The Palestinian leadership, along with Arab states, affirms that the two-state solution is the only way for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, while the administration of US President Donald Trump has ruled out resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict according to this principle, which Kouchner said when he said recently that his plan in this regard will not include a solution Two states.
The US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said in July that Washington supported expanded Palestinian civilian autonomy, whose borders expire at the point where it intersects Israel's security.
Annexation of the Jordan Valley
On the other hand, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki denounced during the Security Council session Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to annex the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea if he wins Israeli general elections.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi commented on Netanyahu's position by saying that the international community should reject Netanyahu's declaration of its intention to annex one third of the occupied West Bank, describing it as a violation of international law.
On the other hand, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said that the two sides should return to negotiations without preconditions.