The governments of Ireland and Spain want to formally recognize Palestine as a state (see video above). This is right for several reasons, including “in the geopolitical interest of Europe,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday. At the same time, he criticized the Israeli government.
Sánchez met with the heads of government of Malta and Ireland. Recognition is precisely “because the social majority demands it, it is in the geopolitical interest of Europe and because the international community cannot help the Palestinian state if it does not recognize it,” Sánchez said.
The Irish Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Michel Martin, also spoke out in favor of a two-state solution on Tuesday evening. Delaying recognition is “no longer credible or sustainable.” A two-state solution means an independent Palestinian state that coexists peacefully with Israel. This is rejected by both the Israeli government and the Islamist Hamas. Other proponents, however, include the US and German governments.
Peace under Arab leadership
According to Martin, there must be a peace initiative under Arab leadership. “In addition to the more than 33,000 deaths in Gaza, a million innocent civilians go hungry every day, half a million people suffer from anxiety or depression, and ten children lose a leg or an arm every day, often amputated without anesthesia,” Sánchez said. said about the war in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government’s response to the Hamas terrorist attack was “completely disproportionate.” The October 7 massacre, in which more than 1,200 people were killed and 250 kidnapped as hostages, sparked the war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that he wants to destroy Hamas and return all the hostages. The terrorist organization is using civilians as human shields, he said.
Source: Krone
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