Former British Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn described the announcement by Norway, Spain and Ireland of their official recognition of the Palestinian state as very important, and he considered this step a message to European countries and the United States of America that the time has come to recognize Palestine as a state.
Corbyn said – in a statement to Tel Aviv Tribune – that the three countries joined most countries in the world that decided to recognize Palestine and the viewpoint of the United Nations General Assembly.
He pointed out that the legal moves taken by South Africa and the International Criminal Court against Israel showed that Palestine needs to be recognized as a state, adding that the Palestinian people have suffered for a long time and “the time has come to recognize the State of Palestine.”
Regarding his country’s position, the British MP revealed that defenders of the rights of the Palestinian people will take advantage of the dialogue that the British Parliament will hold tomorrow regarding the issue of arms trade between London and Tel Aviv to push Britain to take the step of recognizing the Palestinian state, stressing that he does not agree with what you are saying that this decision is premature. Too early.
He also confirmed that the Conservative Party and the Labor Party in Britain oppose the issue of recognizing the Palestinian state, but they will work to change this trend so that his country is not isolated from most countries in the world, according to Corbyn, who revealed that they voted on a non-binding resolution in the House of Commons to recognize the Palestinian state.
The former leader of the British Labor Party spoke – in his statement to Tel Aviv Tribune – about the ongoing transformations in the world in favor of supporting the Palestinian cause, and saw that the decision of the three countries (Norway, Spain and Ireland) is a declaration that came as a result of political pressures issued by the grassroots and communities that demand an end to the war in Gaza and support the right to… The Palestinian people, and said that Belgium may join the three countries and announce its recognition of the Palestinian state.
He expected that the increasing number of countries recognizing the Palestinian state would help push the Palestinian issue forward.
On the other hand, the British MP called for stopping the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, and said, “This can be achieved in the easiest way, which is for the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and other countries to stop providing weapons and military equipment to Israel,” and to tell them that they cannot continue to commit crimes. Against humanity and rejecting the laws of the UN Security Council, the International Criminal Court, and international human rights conventions.
In the same context, the British parliamentarian believed that the actions of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court against Israel are very important, and that every member state of the Criminal Court must abide by the decisions of the Special Court for Israel.
Regarding the American position in support of Israel, he indicated that Washington will realize that it has become more isolated because it refuses to recognize the Palestinian state and provides massive military aid to Israel. He called on US President Joe Biden to keep pace with the change taking place at the level of international public opinion, the most prominent aspects of which are the student movements in support of Palestine. .
