This Monday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry reproached the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, for his declared intention to acknowledge the Palestinian stateas a result of, in his opinion, it would be “a reward for terrorism.”
“This recognition after the October 7 bloodbath sends a message to Hamas and different Palestinian terrorist organizations that murderous terrorist assaults in opposition to Israelis will be reciprocated with political gestures in the direction of the Palestinians,” stated a press release right this moment from Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat.
Sánchez, who had superior his intention to acknowledge the Palestinian state In this legislature, exterior the European Union (EU), he participated final Friday in a gathering with the prime ministers of Ireland, Malta and Slovenia in Brussels, which debated his “willingness to acknowledge Palestine”, in line with a subsequent joint assertion.
“The feedback of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on the recognition of a Palestinian State, in addition to the joint declaration of Spain, Malta, Slovenia and Ireland on their willingness to acknowledge a Palestinian State, represent a reward for terrorism“stated the Israeli spokesman.
In this sense, he identified that “the solely approach to struggle Palestinian terrorism is unequivocally condemn Hamas for the battle crimes, crimes in opposition to humanity and sexual crimes he dedicated throughout the October 7 assault and continues to commit, and to make an specific name for the launch of all hostages.
“A decision of the battle will solely be doable by way of direct negotiations between the events,” added Haiat, who thought of that the intention of those European international locations “solely distances the achievement of a decision and will increase regional instability.”
Recognize the Palestinian State
There are 9 EU international locations that They already acknowledge the Palestinian State: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Slovakia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, all of them since 1988 and the overwhelming majority attributable to their former membership in the Soviet Union. In addition, Sweden acknowledged Palestine in 2014 and 13 others have a diplomatic workplace in East Jerusalem or Ramallah, together with Spain.
Since the battle broke out in Gaza, following the Hamas assault on Israel that induced loss of life of 1,200 folks and was accompanied by the taking of greater than 250 hostages – about 130 would nonetheless stay captive – greater than 32,000 folks have died on account of the Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
