Israel threatens “critical penalties” for many who acknowledge Palestine

Jerusalem. Israel said on Thursday that the choice by Spain, Eire and Norway to acknowledge Palestine as a state could have “critical penalties” on its relations with these nations.

“There will likely be critical extra penalties for relations [de Israel] with these nations, following the choice they made” on Wednesday, asserting that they may acknowledge Palestine as a State as of Could 28, stated the director normal of the Israeli International Ministry, Jacob Blitstein, in an announcement.

Blitstein met with the ambassadors of the three nations, whom he “rebuked (…) for the perverse determination of their governments to acknowledge a Palestinian state.”

Through the assembly, Israeli officers confirmed the three diplomats a video of the kidnapping of 5 feminine troopers in the course of the Hamas assault on Israel on October 7.

The video, about three minutes lengthy and launched within the media on Wednesday, reveals the ladies sitting on the bottom, some with bloody faces, and with their fingers tied after their seize on the Nahal Oz base.

The director of the international ministry said that the measure introduced by the three European nations makes it “tougher to advertise an settlement for the discharge of the hostages” nonetheless held in Gaza by Palestinian fighters.

The announcement by Spain, Eire and Norway got here days after the prosecutor of the Worldwide Legal Courtroom stated he would search arrest warrants in opposition to the Israeli prime minister and protection minister, in addition to Hamas leaders, for alleged conflict crimes. in the course of the battle in Gaza.

The president of the Spanish authorities, Pedro Sánchez, who visited a number of nations to assemble assist for recognition, said that the measure would reinforce efforts to relaunch a two-state answer to the Center East battle.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thought of the initiative “a reward for terrorism” that “won’t deliver peace.”