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Indonesia appeals to European countries for two-state solution
Indonesia and other members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have intensified their diplomatic efforts to promote a two-state solution in the Middle East, appealing to European countries to push for a permanent ceasefire as well as to support Palestinian membership of the United Nations.
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Palestinians gather on May 27, 2024, at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp area housing internally displaced people in Rafah, Palestine, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (AFP/Eyad Baba)
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ndonesia and other members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have intensified their diplomacy to promote a two-state solution in the Middle East, appealing to European countries to push for a permanent ceasefire as well as to support Palestinian membership at the United Nations.
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi told her European counterparts in Brussels, Belgium on Monday that “the only way to resolve the conflict between Palestine and Israel is through a two-state solution” and that “the empowerment of the Palestinian Authority is key to ensuring lasting peace”, according to a press release from Retno’s office.
Retno, along with members of the OIC, were in Brussels for a ministerial meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia and Norway to discuss efforts to implement the two-state solution in the Middle East.
The two-state solution, which has a vision of creating the independent states of Israel and Palestine, has long been regarded as the sole peaceful solution to the decades-long conflict in the Middle East.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on numerous occasions has expressed his opposition to the two-state solution, calling it an “existential threat” to Israeli statehood.
The meeting in Brussels came just days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah, which is home to over a million Palestinians and a key entry point for critical aid entering the enclave.
But Israeli forces continued to assault Rafah this week, with Tel Aviv showing little interest in deescalating its military reprise – much to the global community’s fury.
