国际英语资讯:Interview: China can be honest broker in Israeli-Palestinian peace process: Palestinian offi_时事

国际英语资讯:Interview: China can be honest broker in Israeli-Palestinian peace process: Palestinian offi

Rahim said that if the international community and the influential parties like China, Russia and the European Union are all united in their efforts in pushing forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, "they would have greater influence to end the circle of talks for the sake of talks."

He noted that China has good ties with both sides of the conflict, the Palestinians and the Israelis, and its policy is largely accepted by the Palestinians and the peace forces in Israel.

"China always believes that the Palestinian issue is the root cause of the Middle East conflict and resolving it would lead to the resolution of all problems in the region," Rahim said, adding that China can play a pivotal role with its vision of resolving the problems through constructive talks.

The senior Palestinian official said the Palestinians welcome China's initiative to host a peace symposium to be attended by Israeli and Palestinian peace activists within this year.

"This initiative is accepted and welcomed as it represents support for the international efforts to push forward the peace talks that will lead to implementation of the two-state solution," Rahim said.

A just peace in the Middle East needs to be achieved to confront the rise in terrorism, because terrorists often use the subject of Israeli occupation to justify their crimes, Rahim pointed out.

But in the past 20 years, there have been just talks for the sake of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, without achieving major results. The only benefit was Israel's expansion of settlement, which damages the two-state solution, he said.