EU’s Borrell says recognising Palestine is not a gift to Hamas

Ireland, Norway and Spain said on Wednesday they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28.

By: Reuters
Madrid | Updated: May 24, 2024 02:40 PM IST

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EU's Borrell says recognising Palestine is not a gift to Hamas

Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief. (Express file photo)

European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Friday said that recognising a Palestinian state was not a gift to Hamas.

Ireland, Norway and Spain said on Wednesday they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, to help secure a halt to Israel’s Gaza offensive after the Hamas attack on Oct.7 and revive peace talks that stalled a decade ago.

“Recognising the Palestinian state is not a gift to Hamas, quite the contrary,” he said. “The Palestinian authority is not Hamas, on the contrary they are deeply confronted.”

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He added the EU already talked, financed and met the Palestinian authority. “Every time someone makes the decision to support a Palestinian state, … the reaction of Israel is to transform it in an antisemitic attack,” he added.

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