Pakistan will not recognize Israel, says PM Khan
Lahore, 19th August: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan will not recognize Israel as a state.
According to reports from Baaghi TV, PM Khan said that Pakistan will not recognize Israel as a state unless Palestine is freed.
“If we recognize Israel and ignore tyranny faced by the Palestinians, we will have to give up (the cause of) Kashmir as well, and this we cannot do,” said the prime minister in an extensive interview in which he touch-based on several important issues.
India’s response on PM Khan’s move
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“Our stance is obvious. It’s something which (Pakistan’s founder) Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah made clear in 1948 – that we can not accept Israel until Palestinians get their rights as per the two-state solution,” he said during a TV interview on Tuesday.
PM Imran Khan clarifies Pakistan’s stance regarding Israel
“If we accept the normalization of ties with Israel then we would have to give up the Kashmir cause.”
PM Khan’s comments have come after the United Arab Emirates announced establishing diplomatic and economic relations with Israel, clearing the way for the Gulf country to accept the Jewish state.
After UAE, another Arab country is preparing for relations with Israel
UAE is set to become the first Gulf country and the third Arab state after Egypt and Jordan to recognize Israel.
“My conscience will never allow me to accept Israel, which is responsible for so many atrocities against the Palestinian people,” Khan reiterated.
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