Top EU diplomat says Israel has no right to block creation of Palestinian state:

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that Israel cannot be allowed to unilaterally block the creation of a Palestinian state after the war in Gaza.

“One thing is clear — Israel cannot have the veto right to the self-determination of the Palestinian people,” Borrell told a Brussels press conference with his Egyptian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

“The United Nations recognizes and has recognized many times the self-determination right of the Palestinian people. Nobody can veto it,” he added.

The comments came after Borrell on Monday chaired talks between the EU’s 27 foreign ministers and the top diplomats from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and key Arab states.

Borrell has floated a roadmap involving an international conference on a two-state solution and has previously said peace needs to be “imposed” on Israel without the country’s agreement.

In a speech at the University of Valladolid in Spain last week, Borrell said that without international intervention, the “spiral of hate will continue generation after generation,” according to multiple Spanish media outlets.

“The actors are too opposed to be able to reach an agreement autonomously,” the diplomat said at the time. “If everyone is in favor of this solution, the international community will have to impose it.”

Appearing with Borrell on Tuesday, Shoukry said there is “an international consensus on the necessity of resolving the conflict on the basis of a two-state solution.”

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