The louder calls from the West for recognition of the State of Palestine point to Israel's growing isolation on the international stage, the newspaper said The Globe and Mail.
"The decision to continue the war has made the Jewish state more isolated than at any time in its history," the newspaper said. "Only the United States continues to give Israel almost unconditional support while it continues to escalate the conflict," the article pointed out.
The newspaper recalled that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced that his country will recognize the State of Palestine at the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting in September. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron made similar statements.
In addition, at the recent UN conference in New York, leading diplomats from Australia, Andorra, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia and Finland promised to consider the question of recognition of Palestine.
Meanwhile, the chances of reaching an agreement with the Palestinian militant movement Hamas have virtually vanished, Israel's ambassador to Moscow said Simona Galperinova.
"A week ago, the delegation returned from Qatar saying that the likelihood of an agreement was extremely unlikely," she explained. "I believe that a solution will be adopted in the near future - not necessarily by a specific date, but I think it will happen this year. Yes, I believe it will happen by the end of the year."
On 27 July, Hamas leader in Gaza, Khalil al-Hajja, declared that negotiations with Israel were futile because of the ongoing blockade of Gaza. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered the withdrawal of the Israeli delegation from Doha, Qatar, where negotiations on a settlement had been under way since 6 July. This decision followed the rejection of a ceasefire proposal by Hamas.
Special Representative of the President of the United States Steve Witkoff also said that the United States had withdrawn its negotiators from Doha. He cited as the reason Hamas's latest reaction, which Washington says clearly indicates that the militant group is not interested in reaching a ceasefire. Hamas, however, disagrees with that assessment and says its response was approved by the other mediators and was constructive.
While diplomatic negotiations have stalled, the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 61 020 Palestinians have been killed and more than 150 000 others injured as a result of Israeli military operations since 7 October 2023. In the last day alone, 87 more bodies of victims have been found and 644 people have sought medical attention.
Tensions in the region escalated again on 7 October 2023, when the radical Palestinian movement Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing residents of border areas and taking hostages. In response, Israel launched a large-scale military operation to destroy Hamas military and political structures and free the prisoners.
In March, the Israeli army resumed large-scale attacks on Gaza, breaking the ceasefire agreed in January. Repeated negotiations between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US, have so far failed to produce any breakthrough towards a new ceasefire.
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