United Kingdom, Australia and Canada A few days after the 80th United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, announced this Sunday the formal recognition with the objective of “reviving the hope of peace” for the Palestinians and Israelis under a solution of two states.
“Given the growing horror in the Middle East, we act To keep alive the possibility of peace and a solution of two states. This means a safe and protected Israel next to a viable Palestinian state. At the moment we have neither of the two, “said the head of the British government.
“More than 75 years ago we recognized the state of Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people. Today we join more than 150 countries that also recognize the Palestinian state“He added in a pre -recorded and published video on social networks in a speech that has lasted about six minutes. In it, Starmer has stressed that this recognition is not a” reward “for the Islamist paramilitary group Hamás, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, or next weeks.
“Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. Our call to a true solution of two states is exactly the opposite of his hateful vision. So we are clear. This solution is not a reward for Hamas, because Hamas cannot have a future or can have any role in government or in security (of Gaza),” he said.
Minutes before Starmer, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, has also announced the recognition by Canada of the Palestinian State and has offered his collaboration to “build A peaceful future for both the state of Palestine and for the state of Israel“He said in an extensive statement.
Carney has considered that the executive of Benjamin Netanyahu “works methodically to prevent the perspective of a Palestinian era”, for example with the expansion of settlements in the West Bank or with Violations of International Law in Gaza. “The policy declared by the current Israeli government is that ‘there will not be a Palestinian state’,” he said.
The Canadian president believes that recognizing the Palestinian State “encourages those who seek peaceful coexistence and the end of Hamas” and “in no way legitimate terrorism or reward.” Thus he has responded to this Netanyahu’s statements at a meeting with other members of his government. And Carney added that this statement “does not compromise in any way Canada’s firm support to the state of Israel.”
The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, has also added today to the ads and has announced the recognition of the state of Palestine to a extent that, he said, is part of “an international coordinated effort to generate a new impulse for a solution of two states.” “Australia recognizes the legitimate and long -standing aspirations of the people of Palestine to have their own state“He said.
Albanese has added the shared nuance that “the Hamas terrorist organization should not have any role” in this independent and sovereign horizon. ” Therefore, it has framed the step in a “coordinated” movement internationally to try to boost the solution of two states and achieve a high fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all hostages that remain kidnapped from the attacks of October 7, 2023.
He has also called to elaborate a “credible plan” that facilitates the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and guarantees the security of Israel, taking into account in this case that the involvement of the countries of the Arab League and the United States will be “vital”, in Albanese’s opinion.
This occurs When Israel narrows the fence to completely occupy Gaza In the military offensive of the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu in the midst of a humanitarian crisis and a famine caused by a war that is about to turn two years and has already claimed the lives of at least 65,208 Palestinians, according to the figures of the Ministry of Health of Gaza. Earlier this week, in addition, the United Nations Research Commission concluded that Israel had committed genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
In this way, there are already about 150 countries that recognize worldwide the Palestinian state, but United Kingdom and Canada have become the first of the G7 this Sunday to do so. All this On the eve of a summit for the solution of two states which will take place at the UN and is promoted by France and Saudi Arabia.
In it, more countries intend to recognize the state of Palestine during the next week while Israeli authorities are found that they will not allow their creation and the Palestinian government asks for an intervention against “genocidal aggression” in the Gaza Strip.
“It is no longer about convictions, support statements, pain or repentance. Now is the time to tell us exactly what each state will do to help the Palestinian state materialize and achieve its independence,” the Forest Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (ANP), Varsen Aghabekian, said in an interview to Efe. Israel, however, observes the general assembly as a diplomatic blow.
The countries that seek to recognize next week are France (chaired by Monday’s International Conference with Saudi Arabia), Belgium, Malta, Luxembourg, Andorra, Portugal (which announced Friday that he would make recognition this Sunday). In addition, San Marino and New Zealand have expressed their intention to carry out recognition, although they did not give dates.
