Clear hostility to Israel and the US

Israel decided to recall its ambassadors in Madrid, Dublin and Oslo, openly rejecting this initiative and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said that “the evil (Palestinians) cannot be given a country.”

Other members of Israel’s executive branch were equally decisive.as does Israel’s finance minister, far-right settler Bezalel Smotrich, who has proposed the creation of an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank by any country that unilaterally recognizes a Palestinian state.

USAIsrael’s main partner He also demonstrated his disagreement This was reported by a representative of the National Security Council. cnn that while “the President (Joe Biden) is a strong supporter of the two-state solution and has been throughout his career,” he believes “A Palestinian state must be created through direct negotiations between the parties, not through unilateral recognition.”

On April 19, the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution opening the door for Palestine to become a full member of the UN, where it is now only an observer state.

The resolution, presented by Algeria on behalf of the Arab Group of the United Nations, received 12 votes in favor, with abstentions from Great Britain and Switzerland, and a vote against the United States, highlighting the isolation of the United States vis-à-vis the majority community internationally in this sense.

Distancing from France, Italy or China

Many European countries such as France, Belgium or Italy They distanced themselves from the move taken by their partners Spain, Norway and Ireland and, although they insisted on their support for a two-state solution, they put emphasis on the fact that now is not the time to admit it but achieve a truce.

For Francerecognition of Palestine This must be done “at the right time” so that “it is decisive”His foreign minister, Stephane Sejournet, said this on Wednesday.

“Our position is clear: recognition of Palestine is not a taboo for France”said Sejournet, who met today in Paris with his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz, but stressed that this recognition “should be useful, that is, allow decisive progress to be made in the political sphere.” Therefore, this needs to be done at the right time, so that there is a “before” and an “after”.

In this line Prime Minister of BelgiumAlexander De Croo, refusal in this Wednesday immediate recognition of a Palestinian state because “a priority” is release Israeli hostages held by Hamas and achieve a ceasefire.

He Italian Foreign MinisterAntonio Tajani said on Tuesday that His country “advocates the birth of a Palestinian state”However, he clarified that “steps that only serve to create tension are useless.”

“We must work to solve the problem of two peoples and two states,” said the head of Italian diplomacy. However, he stressed that such a measure cannot be carried out hastily: “Moves that only serve to create tension are useless.”he told the local press after Spain, Ireland and Norway announced this Wednesday that they would recognize a Palestinian state.

Government SloveniaYes, he expressed his support and even announced that it will soon join in recognizing a Palestinian state.

From Europe, China – which recognized the Palestinian state in 1988 – responded to this statement by assuring that The priority is to “achieve an immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin limited himself to pointing out that “China believes that the priority is the effective implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2728 and ensure an immediate ceasefire, end the war and end the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.”

(according to information from EFE)