JAKARTA – Italy will only recognize the Palestinian state if all Israeli hostages are released and the Hamas militant group is removed from any role in the government.
“I’m not against Palestinian recognition, but we have to set the right priorities,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.
Speaking from New York, where he attended the United Nations General Assembly (UN), Meloni also said international pressure should have been put on Hamas, not Israel, and blamed the group for starting the war and blocking the end of the war by refusing to hand over the hostages.
Meloni leads a far-right government that has become one of Israel’s strongest allies in the European Union and refuses to follow other G7 countries such as Britain, Canada, and France in recognizing Palestinian statehood this month.
Previously, the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump emphasized that the recognition of the Palestinian state would be too great a gift for Hamas.
Trump repeated his call for the release of the hostages who were still alive or dead by the militant group in Gaza.
Trump called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.
“Those who support peace must unite in demanding the release of the hostages,” he said in a speech at the United Nations (UN) reported by Reuters, Tuesday, September 23.
“It’s as if to push for a sustainable conflict, some of these members of the agency are trying to recognize the Palestinian state unilaterally. The reward will be too great for the Hamas terrorists, for their cruelty,” Trump stressed.
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