“Belgium is sending a strong political and diplomatic signal to the world today by joining the group of countries that have announced the recognition of the State of Palestine,” De Wever said at a summit during the United Nations General Assembly.
Meanwhile, Monaco has also recognized a Palestinian state, with Prince Albert II announcing the UN summit. Monaco now joins more than 145 countries that have already recognized Palestinian statehood.
On the same day, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described the recognition of Palestine as a “crucial step forward.” Addressing world leaders at the UN, he stressed that ensuring the Palestinian people can remain in their homeland is even more urgent than the act of recognition itself.
“The Palestinian people are being annihilated, so in the name of reason, in the name of international law, and in the name of human dignity, we have to stop this slaughter,” Sánchez said, noting that “at this precise moment, bombs continue to fall indiscriminately on the civilian population in Gaza.”
Egypt Rejects Any Attempt to Displace Palestinians
Hossein Vaez
