It doesn’t matter that more and more countries are convinced of the need to recognize the existence of the state of Palestine. Nor that by his side was the Prime Minister of Canada, a country that, despite being one of Israel’s main allies in the world, will recognize the Palestinian State in the next UN Assembly in September. None of that matters. Germany’s prime minister Friedrich Merz, insisted on Tuesday with his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, that he does not see the need to take such a step. “We do not consider that the conditions for the recognition of a State are met in any way”the German president has assured.
Merz’s statements occur Just one day after Israel murdered at least 20 peoplein two continued attacks to the Nasser hospital, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Two bombings that Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, defined shortly after. Although everyone has been able to see a video in which you see how a bomb falls on medical staff and media professionals, Netanyahu boasted to “value the work of journalists, medical staff and all civilians.”
On the video, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian occupied territories, Francesca Albanese, asked the states “how much more should be witnessed before they act to stop that massacre.” “Break the blockade, impose an embargo on weapons, impose sanctions”Albanese asked, who also recalled that “scenes like this occur at every moment in Gaza, often invisible and without documenting.”
Before Canada, other powers Allies of Israel such as France or the United Kingdom, both permanent members of the UN Security Council, also announced their intention to recognize the Palestinian State In September. Spain recognized its existence last May 2024. At the moment, 147 countries of the 193 that are part of the UN General Assembly recognize the state of Palestine.
Merz’s refusal also comes a few days after the UN. According to the United Nations report, the statement occurs after verifying that “three critical thresholds have been passed: extreme deprivation of food, acute malnutrition and starvation deaths.” Tom Fletcher, coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs at the UN said that it is a “famine of the 21st century guarded by drones and the most advanced military technology in history. It is a famine openly promoted by some Israeli leaders as a gun of war.”
Israel has not only denied the veracity of the UN report in relation to the situation of famine, but also announced its intention to A day after Hamas accepted the truce proposal.
