Malta, on Monday (September 22, 2025), is going to announce a formal recognition of Palestine as an independent country at the United Nations General Assembly. Malta’s Prime Minister’s Office gave this information. He said that he too is joining the group of countries taking this step.
According to ‘The Times of Israel’, Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela planned to recognize the Palestinian country in May. The island of the Mediterranean European Union has a history of supporting Palestinian issues and has supported the efforts of the two-state solution while maintaining diplomatic relations with Israel. The wife of former Palestinian leader Yasar Arafat had been on the island for many years.
Class of flour sent by Malta
Late on Sunday night, Abela, while mentioning the help being sent to Gaza through a Facebook post, said that on the eve of recognition to Palestine, the consignment of the flour donated by Malta was delivered. He said that recognizing Palestine is ‘historic’ and Malta is committed to establish peace in the region.
A day earlier i.e. on Sunday (September 21, 2025), after Canada and Australia, the UK announced to recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign country. The British PM Keer Stmper expressed his intention through a long-wide video post. However, Israel strongly opposed the move.
Israeli PM’s message to other countries
After Hamas’s massacre of October 7, 2023, Israel described Palestine’s unilateral recognition as a ‘award for terror’. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “I will respond to this new attempt to impose a terrorist state on our land after returning from America.”
Addressing the governments of the three countries, he said, ‘After the horrific massacre of October 7, I have a clear message for the leaders who recognize the Palestinian country that you are giving a big reward to terror and I have another message for you that nothing like this is going to happen. There will be no Palestinian country in the west of the Jordan River.
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