I'm not in favor of recognizing it before a process for its constitution begins,' Meloni tells Italian daily La Repubblica - Anadolu Ajansı

A group of Pro-Palestinian protestors have staged a sit down protest which blocked roads outside Belfast City Hall. Traffic was stopped and rerouted on Donegall Street and Chichester Street during the demonstration on Friday evening.

When Macron visited the Egyptian town of Al-Arish on the border with Gaza in April, he was struck by the mounting humanitarian crisis and made clear on his return home that Paris would soon opt for recognition.

According to Al Jazeera report, Sweden officially recognized the state of Palestine on October 30, 2014. The decision, announced by the then Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, made the country the first member of the European Union in Western Europe to make such a decision.

The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, welcomed the announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding France’s intention to recognise the State of Palestine.

France has announced its intention to become the first member of the Group of Seven to recognize Palestine as a state. Ireland, Norway and Spain have already done so, breaking from a consensus within Western Europe and the US that the Palestinians should achieve statehood through negotiations with Israel.

The UK government's ban on Palestine Action is a "disturbing" misuse of counter-terrorism legislation, the United Nations' human rights chief has warned. Volker Turk urged the government to lift the ban on the group, calling it "disproportionate and unnecessary."

Since then, nine countries - Armenia, Slovenia, Ireland, Norway, Spain, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados - formally recognised the State of Palestine. Most of the Middle East, Africa and Asia recognise Palestinian statehood.