Spain: No solution is possible if genocide continues

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez on Monday said that the two-state solution is not possible “when the population of one of those two states is the victim of a genocide”.

“The Palestinian people are being annihilated, [so] in the name of reason, in the name of international law and in the name of human dignity, we have to stop this slaughter," he told the summit of world leaders. 

"At this precise moment, bombs continue to fall indiscriminately on the civilian population in Gaza," he said. 

Sanchez said that recognition of Palestine is a “crucial step forward”, but ensuring the Palestinian people are able to remain within a Palestinian state is even more urgent than recognising statehood.

He concluded his speech by calling for Palestine to become a “fully fledged member of the United Nations as soon as possible” and for countries to take “immediate … measures to halt the brutality and make peace”.