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Investing.com -- Germany has no immediate plans to recognize a Palestinian state, according to a government spokesperson who spoke on Friday. The spokesperson emphasized that Israel’s security remains "of paramount importance" to the German government.
Recognition of a Palestinian state would only come as one of the final steps in a two-state solution, the spokesperson clarified. Germany’s current priority is to make "long-overdue progress" toward achieving such a solution.
Palestinians have sought to establish an independent state in the occupied West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem through a mediated peace process. Many critics claim Israel has undermined Palestinian statehood prospects through increased settlement construction in the West Bank and by destroying much of Gaza during the current conflict.
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