The Russian and Palestinian presidents (Reuters)
In a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Russian President Vladimir Putin underlined that the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders is the fundamental condition for the resolution of conflicts Palestinian-Palestinians. Israeli conflict.
A condition
Putin said in the message conveyed on Tuesday by the Russian president’s special envoy to the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, that the bloody conflict has become the cause of immeasurable suffering experienced by the civilian population in Palestine.
I believe it has become particularly important to reaffirm Russia’s firm position in support of restoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish a sovereign state, especially within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Russian president also stressed that, according to TASS, this particular issue is considered an important condition for achieving a comprehensive, fair and long-term Israeli-Palestinian solution.
War for weeks
Interestingly, Israel has imposed an “executive siege” on the Gaza Strip, which was already under siege since Hamas came to power in 2007, since October 9, cutting off water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel, in following the Hamas attack on the 7th of the same month.
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While, according to the United Nations, more than half of the homes in the Strip have been damaged or destroyed due to violent Israeli raids. Around 1.7 million out of 2.4 million Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, a temporary ceasefire, extended for 4 days, between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip led to the release of 68 Israeli prisoners, as well as workers of other nationalities, in exchange for 150 rotting Palestinian women and children time ago. months and years in Israeli prisons.
It also paved the way for more rescue trucks to enter the densely populated sector.
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