Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Portugal announced on Sunday that they recognize a Palestinian state. President Emmanuel Macron has hinted that a French recognition will come on Monday.
They want a nation, they want a state, and we should not drive them towards Hamas, says Macron in CBS News, where he states that a recognition could contribute to isolating terrorist-stamped Hamas.
”The end of the process”
Germany, on the other hand, stands firm on its stance of not recognizing a Palestinian state until Israelis and Palestinians have negotiated a two-state solution. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul says that a negotiated two-state solution ”is the way that can make it possible for Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace, security, and dignity”.
For Germany, the recognition of a Palestinian state will rather come at the end of the process. But this process must begin now, he said.
Denmark has announced that the country will present a clear plan on Monday for when the country can be ready to recognize a Palestinian state.
Critical Israel
The Israeli government believes that a recognition of a Palestinian state will be a reward for Hamas, whose coordinated attack on Israel in October 2023 started the war.
More than 140 world leaders gather in New York this week for the UN General Assembly's annual summit, which will be dominated by the issue of the Palestinians' future.
