Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez mentioned on Wednesday that Spain helps the popularity of a Palestinian state, and strongly criticized Israeli actions in Gaza.
“Spain is ready to recognize the Palestinian state,” the Socialist prime minister mentioned in parliament in Madrid on Wednesday. He had met his counterparts from Ireland and Malta to push forward with this essential step, he mentioned.
Recognition is correct “because the social majority demands it, it is in Europe‘s geopolitical interests and because the international community cannot help the Palestinian state if it does not recognize it,” Sánchez instructed parliament.
He additionally attacked the Israeli authorities underneath Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The Israeli government’s completely disproportionate response to the Hamas attack overrides decades of humanitarian law and threatens to destabilize the Middle East and thus the entire world,” he mentioned.
“In addition to the more than 33,000 deaths in the Gaza Strip, 1 million innocent civilians suffer from hunger every day, half a million people suffer from anxiety or depression and every day ten children lose a leg or an arm, often amputated without anaesthetic,” Sánchez mentioned.
In November, Israel reacted indignantly to criticism from Madrid, recalled its ambassador for consultations and summoned Spain‘s ambassador to Israel to the Foreign Ministry for consultations. In the meantime, the strain on Israel to conform to a ceasefire has elevated, significantly from the US.
The Gaza warfare was triggered by the worst bloodbath in Israel‘s historical past, carried out by fighters from Hamas and different resistance teams on October 7 in Israel close to the border. More than 1,200 folks have been killed and 250 taken hostage within the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu rejects a Palestinian state and thus the so-called two-state answer, which allies such because the US are additionally urging him to pursue.
Source: www.anews.com.tr