{"id":304484,"date":"2025-07-30T17:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/304484\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:44:11","slug":"14-nations-join-france-in-push-to-recognise-palestinian-state-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/304484\/","title":{"rendered":"14 nations join France in push to recognise Palestinian state | World news"},"content":{"rendered":"

France and 14 other nations have co-signed a declaration that suggests a wave of future recognitions of an independent Palestinian state, including by Canada<\/a>, New Zealand<\/a> and Australia<\/a>, could take place in the coming months.<\/p>\n

The New York Call, which was published by French foreign minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot on Wednesday, said that signatories \u201chave already recognised, have expressed or express the willingness or the positive consideration of our countries to recognise the State of Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n

The signatories include Andorra, Australia, Canada, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal and San Marino, each of which has not yet recognised an independent Palestinian state. They also include Iceland, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Slovenia and Spain, which have. Emmanuel Macron<\/a> last week said that France would recognise Palestinian<\/a> statehood in the near future.<\/p>\n

The statement, which was published before the conclusion of a three-day UN conference set on reviving a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, also said the states would \u201creiterate our unwavering commitment to the vision of the two-state solution where two democratic states, Israel<\/a> and Palestine<\/a>, live side by side in peace within secure and recognised borders\u201d.<\/p>\n

It stressed the \u201cimportance of unifying the Gaza<\/a> Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority\u201d.<\/p>\n

The remarks come amid growing pressure on Israel to end its military campaign in Gaza<\/a>, which began in October 2023 in response to a Hamas raid that led to the deaths of 1,200 people, mainly Israelis, and the taking of more than 250 prisoners. More than 60,000 people have died in Gaza in the ensuing conflict, according to the Hamas-led health ministry in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Keir Starmer on Tuesday said that the United Kingdom would recognise the state of in September<\/a> \u201cunless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a long-term, sustainable peace, reviving the prospect of a two-state solution\u201d.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump<\/a> had initially said he didn\u2019t \u201cmind [Starmer] taking a position. I\u2019m looking for getting people fed right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

But later he condemned the decision to recognise a Palestinian state, saying on board Air Force One that \u201cyou could make the case that you\u2019re rewarding Hamas if you do that. I don\u2019t think they should be rewarded. So I\u2019m not in that camp to be honest… because if you do that you are really rewarding Hamas. And I\u2019m not about to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said this week that he wanted to time a recognition of Palestinian statehood to help deliver a breakthrough in negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re looking at is the circumstances where recognition will advance the objective of the creation of two states,\u201d Albanese said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy entire political life, I\u2019ve said I support two states, the right of Israel to exist within secure borders and the right of Palestinians to have their legitimate aspirations for their own state realised. That\u2019s my objective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadian state media have also reported that the government under prime minister Mark Carney<\/a> is also weighing whether to recognise Palestinian statehood but that no decision has yet been made. Carney plans to hold a virtual cabinet meeting on the Middle East on Wednesday, Canada\u2019s national public broadcaster reported.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s ambassador to the UN Danny Damon condemned the declaration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile our hostages are languishing in Hamas terror tunnels in Gaza, these countries choose to engage in hollow statements instead of investing their efforts in their release,\u201d said Damon. \u201cThis is hypocrisy and a waste of time that legitimizes terrorism and distances any chance of regional progress. Those who truly want to make progress should start with an unequivocal demand for the immediate return of all the hostages and the disarmament of Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France and 14 other nations have co-signed a declaration that suggests a wave of future recognitions of an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-304484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114943430779775944","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}