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Wall Street Journal
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Farewell to the ‘Two-State Solution' Delusion
A 'two-state solution' is an oxymoron. The Palestinians, who hold the world record for rejecting such proposals since the 1930s, clearly oppose it. Since the massacres of Oct. 7, 2023, the majority of Israelis view a Palestinian state as a dangerous reward for terror. Nobody knows what that state would look like, who would run it or whether it would be democratic and peaceful or Islamic and jihadist. Nobody can adduce evidence that the Palestinians are capable of maintaining a nation-state. Yet these facts haven't prevented generations of world leaders, scholars and commentators from insisting that the two-state solution isn't merely implementable but the only path to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The National
09-07-2025
- Politics
- The National
Jailed PKK leader says armed struggle with Turkey is over
The group's founder Abdullah Ocalan was speaking on camera for the first time in 25 years, before a ceremony in northern Iraq in which the first tranche of militants will lay down their weapons
New York Times
09-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle
The imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, or P.K.K., declared in a video released on Wednesday that his group's armed insurgency against the Turkish state was over and would be replaced by a peaceful political struggle. The comments echoed a written call by the leader, Abdullah Ocalan, in February for his group's fighters to disarm and disband. But given his great stature among his followers, hearing and seeing the appeal could move the process forward. 'This is a voluntary transition from the phase of armed struggle to the phase of democratic politics and law,' he said in the video, the first time footage of him has been made public since he was convicted of treason and separatism in 1999 and imprisoned. 'It should not be considered a loss but a historic gain.' The P.K.K. has been waging an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since the 1980s that it says seeks greater rights for Turkey's Kurds. More than 40,000 people have been killed, many of them civilians, in attacks on Turkish security forces and in Turkish military operations aimed at quashing the militants. Turkey, the United States and the European Union have classified the P.K.K. as a terrorist organization. The peace process has proceeded slowly since Mr. Ocalan's call for disarmament in February. In May, the P.K.K. convened a congress that announced the group's decision to disband. A ceremony is planned for Friday in northern Iraq, where many of its top cadres are based, during which a group of P.K.K. fighters are expected to destroy their weapons. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Russia Today
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Fully independent Palestinian state would pose threat to Israel
Militant groups would use a fully independent Palestinian state to undermine security, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a meeting with US President Donald Trump. A reporter asked Trump during a dinner with Netanyahu on Monday whether an independent Palestinian state was possible. 'I don't know,' Trump replied, referring the question to the Israeli leader. 'I think the Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves, but none of the powers to threaten us. That means a sovereign power, like overall security, will always remain in our hands,' Netanyahu said. He later argued that Hamas used its control of Gaza to carry out the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. 'So people aren't likely to say, 'Let's just give them another state.' It'll be a platform to destroy Israel,' Netanyahu said. 'We will work out a peace with our Palestinian neighbors, those who don't want to destroy us, and we will work out a peace in which our security, the sovereign power of security, always remains in our hands,' the prime minister added. 'Now people will say, 'It's not a complete state, it's not a state, it's not that.' We don't care. We vowed never again. Never again is now. It's not going to happen again,' he said. While the UN and US have backed a two-state solution for decades, some Israeli politicians and Republicans in Washington are increasingly describing it as unrealistic. Last month, the US State Department warned other countries against recognizing Palestinian statehood, according to Reuters. Nevertheless, it is recognized as a sovereign nation by over 140 countries, representing about 75 percent of UN members as of November 2024, according to Al Jazeera. Israel resumed its operation against Hamas in Gaza after a two-month ceasefire collapsed in March when the sides failed to reach further agreement. Netanyahu has said the campaign will continue until all remaining hostages are freed and the militant groups are dismantled. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is 'appalled by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza,' made worse by the lack of access to food and other aid, his spokesman said last week. At least 57,523 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, according to local authorities in the enclave.
Russia Today
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Fully independent Palestinian state will pose threat to Israel
Militant groups would use a fully independent Palestinian state to undermine Israel's security, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a meeting with US President Donald Trump. A reporter asked Trump during a dinner with Netanyahu on Monday whether an independent Palestinian state was possible. 'I don't know,' Trump replied, referring the question to the Israeli leader. 'I think the Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves, but none of the powers to threaten us. That means a sovereign power, like overall security, will always remain in our hands,' Netanyahu said. He later argued that Hamas used its control of the Gaza Strip to carry out the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. 'So people aren't likely to say, 'Let's just give them another state.' It'll be a platform to destroy Israel,' Netanyahu said. 'We will work out a peace with our Palestinian neighbors, those who don't want to destroy us, and we will work out a peace in which our security, the sovereign power of security, always remains in our hands,' the prime minister added. 'Now people will say, 'It's not a complete state, it's not a state, it's not that.' We don't care. We vowed never again. Never again is now. It's not going to happen again,' he said. While the UN and US have backed a two-state solution for decades, some Israeli politicians and Republicans in Washington are increasingly describing it as unrealistic. Last month, the State Department warned other countries against unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state, according to Reuters. Israel resumed its operation against Hamas in Gaza after a two-month ceasefire collapsed in March when the sides failed to reach further agreement. Netanyahu has said the campaign will continue until all remaining hostages are freed and the militant groups are dismantled. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is 'appalled by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza,' made worse by the lack of access to food and other aid, his spokesman said last week. At least 57,523 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave since October 2023, according to local Hamas-run authorities.
