A Hamas Authority said to CNN That the initiative of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia of formally recognizing the state of Palestine is a “welcome step.”
“Any step to strengthen the legitimate rights of Palestinians, especially the totally sovereign Palestinian state with capital in Jerusalem and the right to self-determination, is a welcome step,” said Naim, a high member of Hamas’s political office, to CNN This Sunday (21).
However, Naim added that this recognition should be “accompanied by practical measures on the ground to affirm these rights and frustrate the Zionist plans that explicitly reject any Palestinian political entity.”
“It should be emphasized that the greatest priority now is to stop genocide and ethnic cleaning in the Gaza Strip and end the humanitarian block in the territory,” he added.
Portugal announces recognition of Palestine
the chancellor of, emphasizing that the action is not against Israel, but in favor of the peace and right of the Palestinian people to self -determination.
“Portugal advocates the solution of both states as the only way to just and lasting peace, which promotes the coexistence and peaceful coexistence between Israel and Palestine,” he said.
“The Portuguese government reaffirms, on this occasion, the right of the State of Israel to existence and its effective security needs, as well as the special friendship of the Portuguese and Israeli peoples, once again condemning the terrorist atroches of October 7, Hamas and all organizations, terrorists or not, who deny Israel the right to their existence,” he added.
Netanyahu says there will be no Palestinian condition
In response to this Sunday’s announcements, the Prime Minister of Israel,
“I have a clear message for leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the horrible massacre of October 7: you are giving a huge prize to terror,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
