Spain set to recognise the Palestinian State yet protesters at Madrid's Complutense University, camping for over 16 days, view Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's announcement as insufficient, vowing to continue their action until ties with Israel are cut.
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00:00Spain will join the 139 countries of the world and the 9 of the European Union that already recognize the Palestinian state.
00:11But here in this camp of the Complutense University, where more than 500 teachers and students remain camped for more than 16 days,
00:20Pedro Sánchez's announcement is just a small step. They assure that they will continue here until Spain breaks relations with Israel.
00:29It seems to us that these are empty gestures, that it is really useless to recognize the Palestinian state when it is trying to make it disappear.
00:37It is useless when Spain continues to sell weapons to Israel, when Israel is committing a genocide.
00:43So what we ask is that they really cut relations with Israel and put an end to the arms trade, because this is what really helps the Palestinian people.
01:00The decision of the Executive was planned at first for the Council of Ministers last Tuesday,
01:07but it was delayed to try to frame the statement with other countries of the European Union, with which Spain signed a joint statement on March 22.
01:15It is a very positive step, because it is one more example of how European countries support the conviction of genocide
01:22and the request for full and absolute human rights for the people of Palestine.
01:27So I think it is a butterfly effect, a light effect, that little by little, I don't think it will take long for European countries to break diplomatic relations
01:37and I don't think it will take long for Israel to become a polluted state in the international community.
01:43The announcement takes place in coordination with Ireland and Norway, with the aim of triggering more adhesions,
01:48but a joint position of the European Union is still far away, especially in the context of an electoral struggle,
01:55where the Gaza war has already become one of the most divisive issues among the electorate of the member states.
02:01In Madrid, Jaime Velázquez, Euronews.