The
Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday that as of today,
Sunday 21 September, it will officially recognise a state of Palestine.
In doing do,
Portugal is joining a number of other countries, including the United Kingdom,
Spain, Ireland Norway and Sweden. Further countries that have announced
intentions to support the creation of an independent Palestinian state include France,
Canada and Australia.
The declaration
of Palestinian autonomy comes ahead of this week’s
United
Nations General Assembly meeting on the subject in New York, at which the United
States will be the main opponent.
Under
President Donald Trump, the U.S is Israel’s closest ally and about to supply a
massive quantity of additional military equipment.
The United
Nations Secretary-General and former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres
has long advocated a two-state solution to settle the Israel-Gaza war, but such
a solution continues to be to be rejected by Israel.
While outraged
by Palestine being identified as an independent state, Israel is facing
mounting condemnation globally for its unrelenting devastation and brutality by
means of starvation in Gaza, which, in addition to multiple deaths every day,
is causing many Palestinians to flee the region.
Israel’s
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced the recognition of Palestine as
a sovereign state saying it “rewards terror” in the aftermath of the deeply
shocking killing of innocent Israeli civilians by Hama’s attack on 7 October
2023.
The total
surrender or annihilation of the Sunni Islamic Hamas movement remains Israel’s
top priority.
All the
countries recognising a state of Palestine are adamant that Hamas must have
nothing to do with running it.
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