China has called on the United Nations to implement the two-state solution and grant Palestine full membership in the world body, as a way to end the long-standing conflict with Israel and achieve peace and stability in the Middle East.   In a position paper released on Monday, China said that the current Palestinian-Israeli situation […]
  • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
    1110·
    10 months ago

    In this case, ‘the West’ has been calling for a two state solution since the 1940’s…

    • bamboo@lemm.ee
      231·
      10 months ago

      Though their actions haven’t ever actually supported it. If the US and EU had sanctioned Israel, for example after the land grab of 1967, they could have forced a state on 1967 borders, if not 1948 borders. But instead they’ve just been giving them weapons and cash that has fueled the genocide instead.

      • yetAnotherUser@feddit.de
        66·
        10 months ago

        It’s not like China’s has done anything more than public statements either though. China is one of Israel’s biggest trading partners after all.

      • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
        310·
        10 months ago

        You can look at it from the other side as well: if the US, Europe and the USSR had sanctioned the Arab neighbours around Israel instead of giving them weapons to attempt their genocides of '48, ‘67 and’ '73, we could ba a lot closer to a two-state solution

        But they didn’t so here we are