At the security conference, he asked if there was a political space for Europe to support a two-state solution. “If we want to play our geopolitical role on this issue, we have to be more united as we have been in the case of Ukraine,” he said.
Other senior politicians like David Cameron, the U.K. foreign secretary, also called for a two-state solution during the Munich conference.
However, Herzog said that no progress on a two-state solution can be made until the operation in Gaza is completed. “We need to finish eradicating Hamas,” he said at the conference.
On the sidelines of the Munich conference, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said that the Israeli military will continue with a controversial plan to attack the southern city of Rafah, where thousands of refugees are sheltering.
“Israel will have to deal with Rafah because we can’t just leave Hamas there,” he said.
But Borrell warned that there was no military solution to the conflict.
“Hamas is an idea and you don’t kill an idea,” said Borrell. “You have to provide an alternative which is better. And certainly the only alternative is not to destroy Israel as Hamas wants to do.”