At the UN General Assembly, Shigero Ishiba stated that he was ‘outraged’ with statements from Israel’s high -ranking employees and that the ‘continuous unilateral actions of the Israeli government can never be accepted’
The Prime Minister of Shigeru Ishiba, announced on Tuesday (23) in that the recognition of For his country it is a matter of time and stated that he was “outraged” with the recent statements of the Israeli authorities on the subject. Almost 80% of UN member countries recognize the Palestinian state, including the United Kingdom, Canada and France, which announced recognition this week after almost two years of war in the Gaza Strip.
“I feel deeply outraged by statements by high-ranking employees of the Israeli government that seem to categorically reject the very notion of a Palestinian state,” said Ishiba. “For our country, the question is not whether we recognize the Palestinian state, but when. The continuous unilateral actions of the Israeli government can never be accepted,” he added.
The recent wave of recognition came after the Israeli offensive in Gaza, triggered by the Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, 2023. Israel rejected recognitions by stating that they are a prize to Hamas “terrorism”.
The Hamas attack in October 2023 killed 1,219 Israelis, mostly civilians, according to official data. In the nearly two years of war, Israeli operations killed more than 65,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Gaza, a territory ruled by Hamas, which the UN considers reliable.
*With information from AFP
