Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh called on the Mediterranean Parliament to invite its member states to recognize the State of Palestine, in order to protect and preserve the two-state solution, in light of the destructive Israeli measures for it and for any opportunity to establish a Palestinian state.

This came during his reception of a delegation from the Mediterranean Parliament, today, Wednesday, in his office in Ramallah, in the presence of the Secretary of the National Council, Fahmy Al-Zaarir.

Shtayyeh called on Parliament to put pressure on Israel to abide by the agreements signed with it, and to allow elections to be held in all Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem.

He pointed out that Israel is waging several wars against us, a war on geography by seizing lands in favor of settlement expansion, a war on people and demography through daily killings and arrests, a war on money through unfair deductions from our money, and a war on the narrative.

The Prime Minister stressed that our people are victims of international double standards, by not applying international law and UN resolutions and not imposing sanctions on the Israeli occupation for its violations and measures against us.

Shtayyeh said: "It is not possible to continue with the current deteriorating situation in light of the existing political vacuum, in addition to the destructive Israeli measures to the two-state solution, and continuing with it means sliding towards one state with an apartheid regime in reality and Israeli legislation."

The Parliament of the Mediterranean (PAM) is an international organization founded in 2005 by the national parliaments of the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region, and is the legal successor to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Mediterranean, launched in the early 1990s.