The latest offensive in Gaza has killed 230 Palestinians and has fuelled the tensions between Jews and Arabs within Israel.
There is no alternative to a two-state solution to achieve a just and total peace in Palestine, said King Abdullah II of Jordan yesterday, days after the end of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has caused hundreds of deaths among the civilian population of the Palestinian enclave.
Speaking to the state news agency Petra, Abdullah II assured that Jordan had “put all its diplomatic relations and capabilities at the service of the Palestinian cause,” while underlining the importance of the recent ceasefire in Gaza becoming in lasting peace.
Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, on an official visit to Jordan, insisted today on the need to prioritise the reconstruction of Gaza after the bombings and on the importance of reviving the two-state solution in the Middle East. Shoukry, who is scheduled to meet the Hashemite king in Jordan, called the situation in Gaza after the bombings a “humanitarian disaster” and urged a solution to the Palestinian problem.
Last Thursday, the Israeli government announced after a late-night meeting of its security cabinet that it had accepted an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire, after an 11-day offensive that left 230 Palestinians dead – including 65 children – and 1,710 wounded, while 12 Israelis were also killed by the firing of rockets by the Islamist group Hamas.
Conflict exacerbates divisions between Jews and Arabs within Israel
A peculiarity of the latest confrontation between Israel and Hamas, unleashed as a result of the eviction of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem and the irruption of the Israeli police during a prayer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque – the third most important in Islam – has been the support that Hamas has achieved among Israeli citizens of Arab origin: that is, the descendants of the Palestinians who remained within the borders of the new State of Israel after its proclamation in 1948, and who constitute 20% of the country’s population.
During the last conflict there have been unusual scenes of clashes between Israeli citizens of Arab origin and far-right Jewish settlers, which have resulted in several deaths and injuries. On Monday, Israeli security forces confirmed that 1,550 Israelis of Arab origin have been arrested in the last two weeks, coinciding with the bombings on the Gaza Strip and the protests in Palestine.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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