According to CCTV News, during the high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the "two-state solution" held on the 22nd, Monaco, Luxembourg, Malta, and Andorra announced their recognition of the Palestinian state.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Friden said the move was not against Israel but against the actions of Netanyahu¡¯s government.The Luxembourg government believes that the actions of the current Israeli government violate the rule-based international order.

On September 22, Belgian Prime Minister Dewey said Belgium had officially recognized the Palestinian state.

On September 22, French President Emmanuel Macron announced at a high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the ¡°two-state plan¡± that France officially recognized the Palestinian state.

Macron announces that France officially recognizes the State of Palestine (photo source: Visual China)

¡°We must do everything we can to maintain the ¡®two-state plan¡¯ to make Israel and the Palestinians more neighbors than neighbors in peace and security,¡± Macron said, calling for a ceasefire, the release of hostages and the alleviation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Macron said that France will set up an embassy in Palestine, but the precondition is that "all hostages are released and a ceasefire agreement is reached."

So far, 152 of the 193 member states of the United Nations have recognized the state of Palestine. Among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, only the United States has not recognized the Palestinian state.

According to a letter from the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations to the President of the United Nations Security Council obtained by reporters on September 22, local time, Israel will not participate in the Security Council's high-level meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue scheduled for September 23.

The letter said the meeting coincided with the Jewish festival, and Israel requested to rearrange the time but failed and was therefore not able to attend.

It is understood that UN Secretary-General Guterres will attend the meeting.

According to the news agency Xinhua on September 22, the Portuguese Foreign Minister Paul Langier announced on September 21, that Portugal officially recognized the Palestinian state.

Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangel (data map)

According to the Portuguese news agency Lusa, Rangel made the above statement at the Portuguese Mission to the United Nations in new york. He stressed that Portugal believes that the "two-state solution" is "the only way to peace".

Portuguese President De Sousa, who arrived in new york to attend next week's UN General Assembly activities, also expressed his "full support" for the government's decision to recognize the Palestinian state.

Earlier in the day, the governments of Britain, Canada and Australia also announced their official recognition of the Palestinian state. France and Saudi Arabia will co-host an international conference on the implementation of the "two-state solution" at the United Nations headquarters in new york on the 22nd, when France and other countries are expected to announce their recognition of the Palestinian state.

In response to the recent multi-state recognition of the State of Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a statement on the 21st that there would be no Palestinian state. he said that in recent years the number of Israeli settlements on the West Bank has doubled, and there will be no Palestinian state on the West Bank.

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Multi-state recognition of Palestinian state: consideration of full annexation of West Bank

After Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal officially recognized the State of Palestine, the Israeli side jumped out. An Israeli official threatened that Israel would consider ¡°total or partial annexation of the West Bank¡± in response. Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to respond to acts of recognition of Palestine, ¡°There will never be a Palestinian state west of the River.¡±

Meanwhile, in the face of the tide of recognition of the Palestinian state, a U.S. State Department spokesman attached to Israel's argument, criticizing the allies' acknowledgment of the move was only a "show".

According to the Times of Israel, Netanyahu said on the morning of the 21st that Israel would respond to the call for the establishment of a Palestinian state. He called for "confrontation" with this move, saying it would "endanger (Israel's) survival."

Netanyahu said in an official statement later that day that Israel would respond after his return from the United States, criticizing the state that recognizes the Palestinian state "is giving terrorism a huge reward."

¡°This cannot happen,¡± he continued, ¡°there will never be a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River.¡±

He went on to say that Israel will double the number of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and "we will continue along this road".

"Israel will respond to the recent attempt to impose a 'terrorist state' on us in the center of our land," Netanyahu said. "Wait and see."

Netanyahu flew to new york on the 17th, then to Washington, and is expected to return to Israel on the 24th.

In addition, an Israeli official said that "in response, the option of full or partial annexation of the West Bank is currently being considered".

On May 23rd, near the West Bank of Salfet, in the village of Bruchin, the Israeli flag floated on a small mountain.

On September 2, CNN quoted two Israeli officials as saying that Israel was considering annexing parts of the occupied West Bank in retaliation for several Western countries planning to recognize the Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly this month.

Officials said Netanyahu was considering options of multiple scales and levels of annexation, ranging from the annexation of a handful of settlements to the annexation of the entire Zone C (which accounts for 60 percent of the West Bank).

According to the Oslo Agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization in the 1990s, the West Bank was divided into three parts: A, B, and C, of which C area was entirely controlled by Israel.

One of the main options Israel is considering is to annex the Jordan Valley, two officials said. It is a narrow strip of land along the Jordan River on the eastern edge of the West Bank. Officials said that there is a broader public consensus in Israel on this proposal, and Israel needs to use it as a security line, a reason that is easier to explain to the international community, especially to the United States.

But Netanyahu¡¯s far-right allies, Smotrich and Ben Guevir, as well as the settler leadership opposed the partial annexation,ly advocated a plan of maximizing sovereignty over all territories without Palestinian inhabitants, using the pretext of surrounding Palestinian population centers so that Palestine would not be able to establish a state on Israeli ¡°territories.¡±

CNN said Israel's annexation would violate a number of UN Security Council resolutions and trigger a serious diplomatic backlash.International law considers Jewish settlements on the West Bank to be illegal, and the UN reiterated this position in Resolution 2334 of 2016, calling it "a flagrant violation of international law" and lacking "legal effect".

Reuters, which also the case, said it was unclear when such (annexation) measures would be implemented, but the potential Israeli annexation could face international condemnation.

Britain¡¯s Prime Minister, Stammer, said in a speech on Platform X: ¡°Today we recognize the State of Palestine, to revive hope for peace between Palestinians and Israelis...Today we join the ranks of more than 150 nations that recognize the State of Palestine.¡±

He added, ¡°We are working to preserve the possibility of peace and a two-state solution,¡± and stressed that he has ordered sanctions on other members of Hamas in the coming weeks.

Stammer stressed that ¡°Hamas should not play any role in the future or in terms of management or security.¡±

The British "Sky News" noted that the website of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated the map and has marked the West Bank and Gaza as "Palestine" instead of "Occupied Palestinian Territories."

Foreign and Commonwealth Office website updated map

Canadian Prime Minister Carney also announced that Canada ¡°now recognizes the State of Palestine.¡±

In a statement, Carney said: ¡°Canada offers its partnership to build a peaceful and hopeful future for the Palestinian and Israeli states.¡±

The Australian Prime Minister said in a statement that ¡°Australia officially recognizes an independent and sovereign Palestinian state.¡±

The statement added that "the country recognizes the legitimate and deep-rooted aspirations of the Palestinian people for their own state".

He explained that Australia¡¯s recognition with Canada and the UK is part of international coordination efforts aimed at creating a new impetus for the two-state program, starting with a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of detainees.

Portugal¡¯s Foreign Minister, Paul Lagarde, said in a speech in New York that Portugal also recognizes the Palestinian state as ¡°a fundamental, coherent and widely recognized policy of recognition of the Palestinian state.¡±

He added that Portugal argued that the two-state solution is the only way to a just and lasting peace, "promoting coexistence and peaceful relations between Israel and Pakistan."

French President Emmanuel Macron previously stressed that France recognized the Palestinian state as ¡°the beginning of a path to peace,¡± and France hoped for immediate peace, a ceasefire, the release of detainees and the delivery of aid to Gaza.

In September, the United Nations General Assembly will discuss a two-state proposal on the Palestinian issue, with Western nations such as France, Australia, Canada, Portugal and the United Kingdom announcing plans to recognize the Palestinian state during this period.

In the face of a wave of recognition for the Palestinian state, an anonymous U.S. State Department spokesman told AFP that several key allies, including Britain, Australia and Canada, acknowledged the Palestinian state's move as a "show".

"Our focus remains on serious diplomacy, not show," he said. "Our priorities are clear: releasing the hostages, ensuring Israel's security, and getting rid of Hamas so that peace and prosperity can be ushered in the whole region."

Palestinian Foreign Minister Farsi Agabekian Shahin said the country that recognizes the Palestinian state is taking irreversible steps to safeguard a two-state solution and bring Palestine¡¯s independence and sovereignty closer.

Shahin told reporters, "Now is the time. Tomorrow is a historic day and we need to continue to work on this basis.