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Wed 15 Jan 2025 12:18 pm - Jerusalem Time

Palestinian Prime Minister: No authority other than the Palestinian Authority should rule the Gaza Strip

The Palestinian Prime Minister said on Wednesday that "no authority other than the Palestinian Authority should rule the Gaza Strip."


This came during his participation in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, in the third meeting of the international coalition that aims to support the two-state solution.


He added: "We must work immediately to stop the fire in the Gaza Strip and facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid."


The conference is witnessing a wide international presence, as participating alongside the Prime Minister are Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini, and representatives of more than 80 countries and international organizations.


The conference is expected to discuss ways to enhance humanitarian support for the Palestinians, especially in light of the tragic circumstances in Gaza, in addition to possible ways to revive the negotiation process between the two parties. Attendees will also discuss enhancing support for UNRWA, which plays a pivotal role in providing basic services to Palestinian refugees.


This is the third meeting of the “Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution,” which was announced last September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York.


Mustafa said that your recognition of the State of Palestine is a step that leads us towards achieving a just and lasting peace and clarifies the importance of the two-state solution on internationally recognized borders and respect for security. Recognition confirms the importance of moving towards justice, peace and rights that must be supported.


He appreciated the efforts of all parties to establish the two-state solution, saying: "We are in complete darkness. The Palestinian reality under occupation is difficult due to the severity and harshness of the situation, and the failure of the international community to secure the basic rights that must be preserved."


He continued: The Palestinian people have been under aggression for decades, and for more than a year and a half Gaza has been under genocide, and since the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Israeli governments have been undermining the two-state solution, building settlements, turning their backs on international laws, and restricting the work of international institutions, especially UNRWA.


The Prime Minister called for rejecting all Israeli laws against UNRWA, because they undermine Palestinian rights, the principle of the two-state solution, and destroy any hope for peace.


He added, there must be decisive and serious action and solidarity at the international level to achieve tangible progress to establish the two-state solution to confront the violations of the Israeli occupation, implement accountability, pave the way for the two-state solution and end the illegal Israeli occupation.


In turn, Lazzarini said: Within two weeks, two laws recently issued by the Israeli Knesset will be implemented, stopping the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Palestinian territories and East Jerusalem, in clear violation of international law and the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly.


He continued: Such a policy will certainly affect the safe movement of our crews in the Gaza Strip, and deny the right to work in the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, stressing the importance of focusing on the seriousness of what Israel is doing to distort the image of UNRWA, and add a terrorist character to it.


He said: Such a matter threatens the UNRWA staff, and more than that, it leads to harassment in all forms of work. There must be respect for the United Nations, and an end to undermining UNRWA’s efficiency and work.


Lazzarini stressed that the collapse of UNRWA will certainly lead to doubling the suffering in the Gaza Strip, and thus the collapse of UNRWA means the collapse of the social situation, and its collapse in the West Bank will lead to a state of instability and destruction in the Palestinian territories, and what this represents in terms of harm to the lives of the Palestinian people, and also undermines confidence in the international community and international law.


He said: The UN mandate for UNRWA is temporary, and since the establishment of UNRWA there has been clarification that it will work until this mandate is handed over to the Palestinian state, and UNRWA has formed a fundamental pillar to enable the Palestinian people to go on with their lives, and has provided a lot in the fields of education, health, and education, and therefore we cannot imagine what the lives of Palestinian refugees would be like without these services, especially in the Gaza Strip.


“We know how valuable education is to Palestinians, and we must continue to provide this service. If we fail to do so, we will be sacrificing future generations of Palestinians, and this will have major consequences for the future and the Palestinian state. We must ensure that we work in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Education to ensure the right of every child to education in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,” he added.

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