Egypt's FM: Israeli force fosters radicalization, not stability

Establishing peace between Palestinians and Israelis can only be realized through the creation of an independent state of Palestine.

This perspective was articulated by Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati in an article for the Washington Times.

“To achieve peace and security in the region, a calibrated strategy is needed — it is to offer the Palestinians a version of the future in which they would be free to govern their own sovereign state. In this way, we can address the cause of the conflict rather than its symptom,” the Egyptian foreign minister stated.

Abdel Ati emphasized that Israel's use of force “does not guarantee its security,” and in fact, it “contributes to the radicalization of new generations of Palestinians and will encourage them to join extremist organizations,” ultimately “destroying any remaining prospects for peaceful coexistence.”

The minister firmly believes that “without the establishment of the State of Palestine, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will never escape the vicious cycle of violence,” asserting that only Palestinian independence “will spare future generations of Israelis and Palestinians from war and terror.”

“Peace between the two peoples is indeed possible, but only if each gains its own independent state,” Abdel Ati concluded.

Meanwhile, the number of Palestinians affected by the Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip since the operation began in October 2023 is nearing 43,400.

The enclave's Ministry of Health released a statement confirming, “The number of casualties of Israeli actions in Gaza since October 2023 has reached 43,391, with another 102,347 injured.”

They further reported, “In the past 24 hours, 17 Palestinians were killed in Gaza as a result of Israeli bombardment, while 86 others were injured.”

By Tamilla Hasanova