UN chief criticises Israel’s stance on two-state solution

On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that "clear and repeated rejection of the two-state solution at the highest levels of the Israeli government is unacceptable", while he called for increased humanitarian aid access across the Gaza Strip.

"The entire population of Gaza is enduring destruction at a scale and speed without parallel in recent history," Guterres told the UN Security Council.

"Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people."

He told the council that the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave was "appalling" and that "the people of Gaza not only risk being killed or injured by relentless bombardments, they also run a growing chance of contracting infectious diseases like hepatitis A, dysentery, cholera."

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised Israeli officials' repeated rejection of the two-state solution, calling it ‘unacceptable’ and warning that it could prolong the war in Gaza pic.twitter.com/oHvLqtu4Ah

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