Several European countries officially recognize the state of Palestine
The leaders of Ireland and Spain have announced that several European countries are close to officially recognizing the independent state of Palestine.
New Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to "recognize Palestine as a state as soon as possible, when the situation allows."
Harris and Sanchez made the announcement during a joint press conference at Government House in Dublin.
Harris has said that the European Union countries agreed last month that they will take steps to recognize Palestine when the conditions are the same.
He added that the Palestinian people deserve the same respect as other people in the world.
Iceland, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania are among the countries that have already given legal recognition to the Palestinian state.
The Norwegian Parliament passed a resolution in November last year that it was ready to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
Since October 7, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Europe in solidarity with the Palestinians during the genocidal war waged by Israel against the people of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Since the start of the barbaric attacks, the Israeli regime has killed 33,634 Palestinians and wounded around 76,214 others, most of them women and children. Israel's cruel regime is gaining influence from Western powers including the United States, England, Germany and France.
