European recognition for Palestine

European recognition for Palestine

Shorouk Express Portugal, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia announced their recognition of Palestine as an independent state on 21 September, and were officially joined by France, Belgium, Malta, Luxembourg and San Marino at the United Nations General Assembly, which opened the following day in New York. According to the Hamas Health Ministry, the war…

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Dutch MPs vote against Palestinian state recognition amid government fallout over Israel

Dutch MPs vote against Palestinian state recognition amid government fallout over Israel

Shorouk Express Veldkamp’s colleagues from the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) party also resigned on Friday. Their departure put additional pressure on the already weak Dutch government, which collapsed in June after Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) left the coalition over a dispute about the country’s migration policy. A majority of MPs backed a call…

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Dutch MPs vote against Palestinian state recognition amid government fallout over Israel

France’s recognition of Palestinian state scuttled Gaza truce talks, US’s Rubio says

Shorouk Express The decisions to recognize a Palestian state come amid mounting international condemnation of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer describing the “suffering and starvation” in Gaza as “unspeakable and indefensible.” Rubio said in the Thursday interview that those decisions showed Hamas that it was being rewarded…

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