The announcement comes after several countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia, announced that they would recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations this month.
Belgium will also impose 12 'firm sanctions' on Israel, including a ban on importing products from Judea and Samaria and a review of public procurement policies with Israeli companies.
The premier said that Australia received guarantees from the Palestinian Authority, which rules parts of Judea and Samaria, that there would be 'no role for the terrorists of Hamas in any future Palestinian state.'
Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned the move, calling the policy shift a reward for terrorism that jeopardizes ongoing efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.
As global leaders entertain the notion of a 'demilitarized' Palestinian state, recent events and expert analysis underscore the perilous risks involved.
The main agenda, according to senior Saudi officials, is Riyadh's growing ties with Israel and how it will affect the Kingdom's relationship with the Palestinians.
Lie after lie: The PA leader blamed Israel for the suffering of the Palestinian people while completely ignoring the incitement and terrorism against Jews and Israelis.
The PA president responded with egregious lies and hostility in response to Prime Minister Lapid's call for peace talks that would culminate in a two-state solution to the conflict.
The Biden administration needs to understand that under the current circumstances, advancing the idea of a 'two-state solution' is tantamount to advocating bloodshed and violence in the Middle East.
'He threw me down, punched and kicked me in the face, then left and said, ‘That’s what you get for being a terrorist,’ said Matt Greenman, who was already on crutches.
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted to approve the Partition Plan. The Jewish population accepted the borders created by the plan while the Arab population and the surrounding Arab states rejected it.
Resolutions such as the one taken by the European Parliament are the kind that give the enemies of peace in the Middle East -- apparently including the European Parliament -- ammunition to keep fighting to achieve their goal of destroying Israel.
Those who continue to talk about a 'two-state solution' are not only deluding themselves, but also endangering the security of the Middle East by seeking to establish yet another terrorist state.
Harris congratulated President Isaac Herzog on his new position and reiterated Washington's commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Blinken needs to go out and talk to ordinary Palestinians. There, he will get a good grasp of the profound anti-Israel sentiments and deep support for Iran's proxies and others who wish to wipe Israel off the map.
The Palestinians 'are on the losing side of this dispute. They have painted themselves into a corner, and the way out of is to cooperate quietly with Israel.'
For decades, 'Palestinian leaders have rejected every Israeli peace overture while systematically promoting a culture that rejects peace and glorifies terrorism,' Ron Dermer wrote in the Washington Post on Friday.
The anti-Israel lawmakers opposed a resolution affirming US support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and spread lies about Israel.
The history of Arab rejectionism is ignored by 'progressives as it doesn't fit into their narrative of Arabs as perpetual victims and Israel as the villain.