Belgium to recognize Palestine at UN General Assembly

BRUSSELS, Sept. 02 (YPA) – Belgium’s foreign minister Maxime Prevot announced on Tuesday that the country will recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

“Palestine will be recognized by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions are being imposed against the ‘Israeli’ government,” Prevot wrote on X.

Prevot stated that the decision came “in view of the humanitarian tragedy” unfolding in Gaza, where “Israeli” offensives have displaced most of the population at least once, and the UN has declared a famine.

“Israel” will face 12 sanctions from Belgium, Prevot said, including a ban on the import of products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and “a review of public procurement policies with Israeli companies”.

Belgium will join the signatories of the New York Declaration, paving the way for a two-state solution, or a Palestinian state co-existing in peace alongside “Israel.”

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