London's reaction to Netanyahu's opposition to the decision to create an independent Palestinian state

Britain does not share the position of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the creation of an independent Palestinian state is inadmissible. Grant Shapps said this in an interview with Sky News. "We were upset to hear [the position of] Benjamin Netanyahu, who said that he did not believe in a two-state solution [to the Middle East conflict]. In fact, he spoke this way throughout his political career, as far as I remember. I don't think "that we can resolve the conflict without relying on the two-state principle. We hold opposing points of view on this issue. But we agree that Israel has the right to self-defense and is responsible for respecting international law," said the head of the British Ministry of Defense . Netanyahu said on January 18 that Israel would continue its operation in the Gaza Strip until it achieved a “decisive victory” over Hamas. He rejected the idea of ​​creating a Palestinian state and indicated that he had communicated his position to the American side. Maria Zakharova Meanwhile, Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement on Sunday criticized the German government for its decision to appear at the International Court of Justice as a third party in the proceedings between South Africa and Israel, accused of genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Zakharova added that Berlin always supports Israel, regardless of the consequences, and follows the rules-based order defined by Washington. The decision of the German government to oppose South Africa, which filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide of the population of the Gaza Strip, “did not surprise us,” notes Maria Zakharova: “ This occurs against the backdrop of the unconditional support that Berlin always provides to Israel without regard to its consequences This line of the German authorities has long and firmly occupied an important place among the unspoken dogmas of the “rules-based order” determined by Washington . " In this case, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized, the German political elites “did Israel a disservice.” According to her, “Berlin refers to “the consideration of German history and the crime against humanity of the Holocaust,” thereby establishing itself as an “expert” in matters of mass extermination of people.” Let us recall that Russia supported South Africa’s lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Criminal Court over genocide in the Gaza Strip.