PA calls for European recognition of 'Palestine'

Mohammad Shtayyeh, the new leader of the Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet, on Wednesday called on European countries to hurry up and recognize the “state of Palestine” within the 1967 borders.

In a meeting with the Swiss ambassador to the PA, Shtayyeh said that the European recognition of the “state of Palestine” would save the two-state solution as Israel seeks to annex parts of Judea and Samaria.