Germany not planning to recognise Palestinian state in short term
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BERLIN - Germany is not planning to recognise a Palestinian state in the short term and its priority now is to make “long-overdue progress” towards a two-state solution, a German government spokesman said on July 25.
“Israel’s security is of paramount importance to the German government,” said the spokesman.
“The German government therefore has no plans to recognise a Palestinian state in the short term,” he added.
Recognition of a Palestinian state would come only as one of the final steps in a two-state solution, said the spokesman.
Palestinians have long sought to create an independent state in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem through a mediated peace process.
Many accuse Israel of having destroyed Palestinian statehood prospects through increased settlement building in the West Bank and by levelling much of Gaza during the current war.
Israel rejects this. REUTERS
