NEW YORK: Only Palestinian statehood can bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a top Emirati official told the 80th UN General Assembly on Saturday.
Lana Nusseibeh, assistant minister for political affairs and envoy of the minister of foreign affairs, repeated the UAE’s warning to Israel over West Bank annexation proposals, adding that the world is confronting threats to national sovereignty and creeping ideologies that are “working together to destroy the foundations of progress and development.”
She said: “Nothing can justify the displacement of tens of thousands of civilians from Gaza, as well as from the West Bank.”
Her comments follow her country’s denunciation of Israeli threats to annex the West Bank. The UAE, which normalized relations with Israel five years ago, said earlier this month that any annexation attempt would represent a “red line” in the bilateral relationship.
Nusseibeh said any prospective Palestinian state must contain no elements with links to terrorism or extremism, and should restrict weapons to military use.
