NEW YORK (Dispatches) – 
United Nations experts have called on all countries in the world to recognize Palestinian statehood.
Since the establishment of the “State of Palestine” in 1988, most countries have already recognized Palestinian statehood. However, a dozen countries including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States have not recognized Palestinian statehood. 
On Monday, a group of United Nations experts called on all countries to recognize the Palestinian state to ensure peace in West Asia.
The call came less than a week after Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognized a Palestinian state, prompting anger from the Zionist regime, which has found itself increasingly isolated after nearly eight months of war in Gaza.
The experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories, said recognition of a Palestinian state was an important acknowledgement of the rights of the Palestinian people and their struggle towards freedom and independence.
“This is a pre-condition for lasting peace in Palestine and the entire Middle East – beginning with the immediate declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza and no further military incursions into Rafah,” they said. 
The occupying regime reacted furiously to the decision by the three major European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood, accusing them of “rewarding terrorism” and immediately withdrawing its envoys to Ireland, Norway and Spain.
The three major European countries’ ambassadors were summoned by the Zionist regime’s foreign ministry to a meeting where they were forced to watch propaganda footage about alleged crimes by the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement. 
It has been difficult for the Israeli regime to swallow the decision by the three European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood because it does not recognize the Palestinians’ rights and privileges and has a long-standing expansionist policy of grabbing all Palestinian territories in violation of UN resolutions and international law.