The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said recognising a Palestinian state was not a gift to Hamas, reports Al Jazeera.
On Wednesday, Ireland, Norway and Spain said they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, to help secure a halt to Israel’s Gaza offensive and revive peace talks that have stalled.
“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.”
He added the EU already talked to, met with and financed 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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