UNITED NATIONS, October 10. /TASS/. By ignoring United Nations resolutions on the settlement of the Palestinian problem, Israel is undermining resolutions that once granted a UN membership for the Jewish state, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.

"I would like to recall that back in 1949 Israel was admitted to the United Nations on condition of the implementation of the two cornerstone resolutions of the General Assembly, namely resolution 181 that outlines a roadmap of dividing Palestine into two states - Arab and Jewish ones, and resolution 194 on refugees, which is the basis for the UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East - TASS)," he said at a UN Security Council meeting. "Now, we see a paradoxical situation: by dodging the implementation of these resolutions, Israel, as a matter of fact, deliberately and persistently is undermining the resolutions <…> that made it possible for it to join the United Nations."

Meanwhile, "the Palestinians are still denied full-fledged membership in the world organization," the Russian diplomat noted. "And this is done with the connivance of Israel’s American allies who vetoed the relevant resolutions initiated by the Algerian delegation.".

Israel not interested in resolving problems peacefully

"It was absolutely clear for us from the very beginning that Israel’s authorities were reluctant to act in line with the so-called Joe Biden plan that was approved by this document (UN Security Council resolution 2735). This American-Israeli operation resulted in a series of political killings in the region, which only proved that West Jerusalem is not interested in resolving problems peacefully and is staking on force," he said at a UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. "As a result, the Gaza ceasefire dialogue is in a dead end and no one either in Washington or in West Jerusalem is talking about the release of remaining hostages, while the region is witnessing a large-scale escalation in Lebanon and is faced with a perspective of a direct war between Israel and Iran."

A round of Gaza ceasefire and hostage release consultations was held in Doha on August 15 and 16. The leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and the United States said in their joint statement after the talks, which was released by Fahmy, that the talks had been held in a positive atmosphere. However, the following rounds in Cairo and Doha on August 25 and 28 yielded no results. According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States’ new 18-paragraph plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has been 90% agreed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that the diplomatic process is being hampered by Hamas while the Palestinian side puts the blame on Israel for putting forth unacceptable conditions.