German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul confirmed Berlin’s position on the recognition of the Palestinian state, stated that “for Germany it must take place at the end of a process. Which must, however, start now. Germany will not take back in front of this goal. And he will also be forced to react to unilateral steps ».
For Wadephul, Germany “will be alongside Israel to ask that Hamas will free the hostages and be unarmed”. In his opinion Hamas “must never constitute a threat to Israel”.
Secondly, “Israel must undertake immediate, complete and sustainable action to remedy the catastrophic situation of the Gaza Strip”, the minister has expressly stressed that the plane organized with Jordan cannot replace the arrival of aid via land: “Aid can reach the population in sufficient quantities only by land. The Israeli government is therefore underway to allow united nations and international humanitarian organizations a safe access and, above all, a safe and effective distribution ».
The formal recognition of the Palestinian state to the UN announced for September by countries such as France and the United Kingdom, followed by Canada, is not intended to have a “concrete” effectiveness. The British weekly Economist weekly, a traditional voice of the western liberal establishment, supports it today in an in -depth analysis, remembering how there are already over 140 states that have done it in the past without changing the scenario: especially since the US continue to “support Israel”.
The economist accredits the risk that the negative reaction of President Donald Trump, and the confirmation of his substantial support for Benyamin Netanyahu’s far -right government himself, can induce Israeli Premier even to intensify the escalation in the Gaza Strip (and in the West Bank); While it fears that A priori recognition can subtract a diplomatic lever from the European Championships to be used towards the Palestinians (and against Hamas) when a peace process should never resume.
The weekly does not fail to recognize the political value of the initiative evoked by Paris and London which – as permanent members of the Security Council, as well as of the G7 and NATO – seem able to drag other nations behind them, as Canada demonstrates. And to create a domino “Dipromatic effect” on the positioning of the West and various key allies of Washington compared to the Palestinian question: weakening at least symbolically an automatic alignment to Israel.