During a press conference held in Ramallah, Shaheen explained that the Palestinian government's current priorities are to stop the war of extermination and starvation, prevent forced displacement in the Gaza Strip, and protect the Palestinian people.
She added that the international community stands united in support of Palestinian rights, noting that Palestinian diplomatic efforts are focused on mobilizing greater international support for these rights.
Shaheen revealed that a number of countries will announce their official recognition of the State of Palestine within the next two days. She considered this recognition to represent a natural and legal right and convey a message of hope to the Palestinian people regarding the achievement of an independent state. It also represents support for the Palestinian leadership and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, as well as for advocates of peace and the two-state solution.
She stressed that these recognitions clearly indicate that Israel has no sovereignty over Palestinian land.
The Foreign Minister thanked the countries that had previously recognized the State of Palestine and those that intend to announce their recognition soon, calling on other countries to follow suit.
She pointed out that the Israeli occupation is the fundamental cause of the instability in the region and the world, and of the suffering of the Palestinian people, stressing the need to end it.
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Shaheen explained that 159 countries around the world now recognize the State of Palestine, representing approximately 82% of the world's countries.
Recently, several countries announced their readiness to recognize the State of Palestine, including Malta, Britain, Luxembourg, France, Australia, and Armenia, in a move that reflects growing international support for Palestinian rights and efforts to establish their independent state.
Of the 193 member states of the international organization, at least 149 recognize the State of Palestine, which was declared by the late President Yasser Arafat in Algeria in 1988.
Between July 28 and 30, a two-state solution conference was held in New York, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, with high-level participation and the presence of Palestine, but absent from the United States, to support the process of international recognition of the Palestinian state.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with US support, has waged a war on the Gaza Strip that international human rights organizations have described as "genocide." The war has resulted in the deaths of 65,174 Palestinians and the injury of 166,071 others, most of them children and women. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and 440 people have died from famine, including 147 children.
