The Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Varsen Shahin, defended today in Lisbon that "it is not time to manage the Israeli occupation," but rather to "end the occupation." The statements were made during a visit to the Portuguese capital.
Shahin called for greater determination from the international community on the Palestinian issue, reinforcing the Palestinian position that the solution to the conflict lies in ending the Israeli occupation and not merely managing it.
The article does not specify what the concrete results of Varsen Shahin's visit to Lisbon were, nor which meetings she held with Portuguese officials during her stay in the capital.
This position comes in a context of ongoing tensions in the Middle East, with Palestine maintaining its appeal for stronger international recognition and for concrete actions that lead to the resolution of the conflict with Israel.
