PM Netanyahu Wants Israel To Control Gaza, Deputy Foreign Minister Tata: Not Allowed

Indonesian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arrmanatha Ch. Nasir. (VOI/Fauzi)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Arrmanatha C. Nasir, emphasized that every step that is not in accordance with the desire to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with a two-state solution cannot be justified.

This was said by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs when asked about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take over the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he is familiarly called, explained that in the "High Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution" which was held July 28-30 at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, there was very broad support from member countries to resolve conflicts between Palestine and Israel.

"And it was agreed that the only Two State Solution could resolve the conflict," said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tata, who led the Indonesian delegation at the summit to VOI.id in Jakarta, Friday, August 8.

He further explained that the request of many countries at the meeting was an immediate cessation of violence, humanitarian access and a continuation of the Two State Solution negotiation process.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tata said the amount of support was also followed by the change in the position of Britain, Canada, France, which supports recognizing Palestine as a country.

"This is a moving international momentum," he said.

"Therefore, the steps that we think are inappropriately leading to that, cannot be justified and are not in the spirit of resolving the Palestinian and Israeli problems," said Deputy Foreign Minister Tata.

Earlier, PM Netanyahu said Israel intends to take military control of the entire Gaza Strip, Palestine, despite increasingly intensive criticism at home and abroad of the war that has lasted nearly two years in the Palestinian enclave.

"We meant that," Prime Minister Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News Channel's Bill Hemmer when asked if Israel would take over the entire coastal area.

"We don't want to keep it. We want to have a security perimeter. We don't want to set it up. We don't want to be there as a government agency," he explained.

PM Netanyahu said Israel wanted to hand over the territory to Arab forces who would rule it. However, he did not specify which rules of government or Arab countries might be involved.