The countries of Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain expressed their rejection last night of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that he intends to annex areas in the West Bank to Israeli sovereignty. Demonstrators march back on the border with the Gaza Strip.
In detail, a joint European statement rejected Netanyahu's declaration on the Jordan Valley, published by the British government website, the night before. . That declaration, if implemented, would constitute a serious violation of international law. According to the joint European statement, the five countries will call on all parties to refrain from any actions that contravene international law that would jeopardize the possibility of a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders and make the chance of achieving a just and lasting peace more difficult.
"We are clear about Israel's right to security and strongly condemn the recent attacks on Israel from Gaza," the statement concluded.
Netanyahu announced last Tuesday that if he wins the elections scheduled for next Tuesday, he will impose "Israeli sovereignty" on the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea, which triggered widespread international and Arab condemnations.
Netanyahu reiterated his threat to wage war against the Gaza Strip, and that the question is not whether there will be such a war, but when it will. In interviews conducted by the Israeli right-wing newspapers, Yisrael Hume and Macor Rishon, and published yesterday, which were sealed with electoral propaganda, he pointed to the firing of rocket-propelled grenades from the Gaza Strip towards the city of Ashdod last Tuesday while he was at an election festival in the city.
"Hamas is not only trying to harm Israel's citizens, but also me, in any way to harm my leadership of the state," Netanyahu said. Abu Mazen (Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) said he supported the head of the Kahul Lavan party, Benny Gantz.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers stationed in military towers and behind earth mounds behind the separation fence fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at the marchers.
The Gazans began to arrive yesterday afternoon, to the five areas of the gathering, which starts from the weekly peaceful marches condemning the siege imposed by the occupation forces on the Gaza Strip.
- Netanyahu reiterated his threat to wage war against Gaza
Gaza, and that the question is not whether it will erupt
Such a war, but when it will erupt?