According to information hand hiddenRe-elected Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Thursday, where he plans to announce his intention to recognize the State of Palestine.
Sanchez’s visit will be jointly with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. First of all, the heads of the two states plan to have a personal meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Spanish government sources believe that Sanchez will inform the Israeli president that Palestine should be recognized as the only possible solution to the conflict.
Sanchez then plans to visit the West Bank and the city of Ramallah and meet with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
On Friday, the Spanish Prime Minister will travel to Egypt, where he will hold personal meetings with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Sanchez will also visit the Rafah checkpoint in the afternoon.
Spain currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, and as of January 1, the presidency will pass to Belgium. The presence of both leaders in Israel and Palestine aims to convey the EU’s position to leaders on both sides of the conflict.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flared up.