Report: Luxembourg Intends to Recognize the State of Palestine

SadaNews - Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, announced before a parliamentary committee yesterday, that their country intends to recognize the State of Palestine, according to Politico.

Local media reported that Luxembourg is expected to make a final decision on recognition later this month at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in coordination with several other countries, including France and Belgium.

This announcement comes after months of hesitation from the Luxembourg government amid increasing calls from European leaders to end the Israeli war on Gaza.

Teresa Ribera, Vice President of the European Commission, described Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide.

Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU's executive body would take a tougher stance towards Israel regarding the war, by halting payments to the country and imposing sanctions on "extremist ministers" and violent settlers.

The United Nations General Assembly voted last Friday overwhelmingly in favor of the "New York Declaration," which outlines "concrete, time-bound, and irreversible steps" toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians before its scheduled meeting on September 22.