Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday said there were "clear signs" in Europe that countries in the region were prepared to recognise a Palestinian state.
Pedro Sanchez, Reuters/Jehad Shelbak
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday said there were "clear signs" in Europe that countries in the region were prepared to recognise a Palestinian state.
Sanchez had earlier met with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store in Oslo amid his diplomatic campaign to garner support for the recognition of Palestinian statehood.
Pedro Sanchez may be moving too quickly. There is no consensus on this issue, which does not resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Sanchez and, more generally, the Spanish left have always been hostile to Israel and supportive of the Palestinian cause.
Yasser Abbas, the millionaire businessman son of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, has secured a seat on Fatah's Central Committee - the party's highest decision-making body - fuelling speculation that the 90-year-old president may be grooming his son as a political successor.
European Union foreign ministers reached an agreement on Monday on new sanctions targeting violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as well as leading Hamas figures, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
There are gestures that speak louder than policy papers. Pedro Sánchez made one on Thursday.
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