After the announcement of Spain, Ireland and Norway that they have decided to recognize the State of Palestine, Italy, in favor of the two-state solution, slows down. ”We are in favor of the creation of a Palestinian state that recognizes Israel and is recognized by Israel – specifies the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani -. We have never changed our philosophy of two peoples, two states. We are ready to work for a solution, as proposed by the Arab League, to prepare the ground for the birth of a Palestinian state with a sort of UN administration, even with a military presence and we are ready to send Italian soldiers. Steps that create tension are useless, we must work for peace and for the two-people, two-state solution. At the weekend I will meet the prime minister and foreign minister of the PNA who we support and move forward on a path of peace”.
The appeal of the Palestinian ambassador
But pressure on Italy and the rest of the European countries comes from the Palestinian ambassador to Italy, Abeer Odeh: after the decision of Spain, Ireland and Norway which “represents an excellent initiative that we appreciate enormously”, from today “we expect the other European countries to move, including Italywho while continuing to support the ‘Two Peoples, Two States’ solution, have not yet done so decisive step for this solution to come to fruition“.
For Odeh, the governments of Madrid, Dublin and Oslo “wanted to demonstrate that those who cannot tolerate illegality and defend international law based on shared rules must act concretely to ensure that these are respected. For this reason, and to reaffirm that the right to self-determination constitutes a fundamental principle recognized by all peoplesSpain, Ireland and Norway wanted to recognize with facts the right of the Palestinian people to have their own state“, continued the ambassador, according to whom “despite the tragedy we are going through, from today we are more confident that the law will triumph over the barbarity and arrogance of an occupation that has lasted for decades in defiance of the resolutions and international laws that they expressly ask for the end.”
Conte: “With the Meloni government, Italy will turn the other way”
“Spain, Ireland and Norway officially announce their recognition of the State of Palestine. Italy must do it too! Instead Tajani explains to us that ‘Italy abstained from the UN vote for the recognition of Palestine because it leads the G7 and the majority of the countries that are part of it abstained'”, the leader of the 5 Star Movement writes on social media , Giuseppe Conte.
“This is the Meloni Government. There is nothing else to add. Let’s see what the majority in the G7 does and we will follow them. We are reduced to this. Italy doesn’t lead, Italy doesn’t choose, Italy turns the other way. Like when they abstained on a truce and ceasefire while thousands of Palestinian women and children died under bombs in Gaza. This is not our Italy”, adds the leader of the M5s.
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