The Spanish Foreign Minister announced on Tuesday that his country, Ireland and Norway, whose simultaneous recognition of the State of Palestine angered the Israeli occupation authorities, would provide a “firm” response to the “attacks” of Israeli diplomacy.
“We will provide a coordinated response with Norway and Ireland, which are subject to the same kind of vile disinformation and attacks on social media,” Jose Manuel Albarez told the press, speaking of a “firm and calm response” to these “provocations.”
“We don’t make our foreign policy through tweets.”
He added at the conclusion of the cabinet session after adopting the decree officially recognizing the State of Palestine: “No one can intimidate us. We do not make our foreign policy by responding with tweets. We have clear ideas about the path we must take.” He stressed that the response from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo would occur “at the appropriate time.”
Albaris pointed out that the Israeli Foreign Ministry is “more interested in talking about the tweets than in the decisions of the International Court of Justice,” the highest judicial body of the United Nations, which ordered Israel on Friday to stop its military attack on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
In an angry response to the decision of Madrid, Dublin and Oslo to recognize the State of Palestine, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz intensified angry messages against these three countries over a period of days on the X platform.
Spain, Norway and Ireland recognize the State of Palestine
And she confessed Spain, Norway and Ireland officially declared the State of Palestine on Tuesday, and expressed its hope that its decision would accelerate the pace of efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Thus, as of today, 147 countries are on the list of official recognition of the State of Palestine, while Washington is still waving its “veto right” to cut off the path to full membership of Palestine in the United Nations.
Al-Arabi’s correspondent from Madrid, Moaz Hamed, points out that Spain is implementing a number of support projects through the Spanish Development Agency located in the Palestinian territories. It also provides part of the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, pointing out that Spain’s recognition of Palestine will provide financial support for several sectors in Palestine.
Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz considered that recognizing Palestine is not enough, but rather severing relations with Israel and joining the lawsuit filed by South Africa to the International Court of Justice.
For its part, Ireland said that it would raise the level of its representative office in the West Bank to a full embassy, and the Palestinian mission in Ireland would also be granted full embassy status.
According to Al-Arabi’s correspondent in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, Yasser Abu Mu’iliq, the recognition of the State of Palestine in Norway was based on a decision from Parliament. Norwegian Released last November.
The decision to recognize a Palestinian state from three major European countries makes Israel appear more isolated on the international scene.
This comes as the Slovenian government announced that Parliament will vote on the decision to recognize the State of Palestine on the thirteenth of next June.
The Palestinian ambassador to Dublin told Al-Arabi that Portugal, Belgium, France and Australia do not rule out joining this international path to recognize the State of Palestine soon.
Thus, an international circle expands in favor of the Palestinian cause and narrows in favor of Tel Aviv, in the midst of its ongoing aggression against Gaza.
The foreign ministers of Madrid, Dublin and Oslo affirmed in a previous joint meeting that recognition of the State of Palestine “achieves justice for the Palestinian people.”