He claims that Netanyahu “does not have a clear peace plan” for the region
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has downplayed the statements made by the White House about the diplomatic offensive of the Head of the Executive so that the countries of the European Union recognize Palestine as a State, in which they warn that each country You make your own decisions about when to carry out this recognition.
In addition, he has attacked the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, by pointing out that “he does not have a clear peace plan” for the region, when six months of war have passed in Gaza, where he considers that “the danger persists” that The conflict “could degenerate into a regional escalation,” he warned.
Therefore, he considers that the international community and countries like Spain and Ireland must get involved and try to provide solutions “to this terrible situation,” as he noted. “Because looking the other way or waiting for others to take the initiative while lives are at stake does not seem acceptable to us,” she defends.
In a press conference from Dublin with his Irish counterpart, Simon Harris, Sánchez indicated that he does not see a “change in position” from the United States on the Middle East conflict.
Furthermore, he points out that in that same statement by the State Department spokesperson, he recognizes “the national sovereignty and competence” that all States have to “be able to define” their policy. “And that is what the Government of Spain is doing,” he defended.
Sánchez made these statements during his tour of several European countries to add support to his initiative to recognize the Palestinian State as soon as the conditions for it are met and after White House spokesman Matthew Miller stated that each country must take ” their own decisions” about the moment to make a recognition of this type, when questioned directly about Pedro Sánchez’s plans to recognize Palestine.
The American spokesman also stated that they support the creation of a Palestinian state but believes that “it is best achieved through dialogue and negotiation between the two parties and with other countries in the region.”
In any case, Sánchez has reaffirmed his intention to recognize Palestine as soon as possible and, although he has not specified a date, he has advocated making that decision “in coordination” with Ireland, one of the European Union countries with which he has more tune at this point.
“We have to move forward, we are going to do it with the hope that others will also do so in the West, in the global south and we hope also in the Middle East itself,” he noted.
For his part, the Irish Prime Minister has stressed that the decision to recognize Palestine, to which Slovenia and Malta have also joined, is “closer.”
Thus, he stressed that these countries are prepared to take this step and want to advance together with as many allies as possible. “We think it’s important to do it at the right time and that time is getting closer,” she says.
