The Netherlands decided on Thursday not to recognize a Palestinian state for the time being, while at the same time blasting Israel for not conducting a “just war.”

The Dutch House of Representatives held an emergency debate, with lawmakers recalled from their summer recess to deliberate the situation in Gaza.

With France and Britain announcing they will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless the war in Gaza comes to an end, Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp told the parliamentarians that the Netherlands will do the same “at this time,” Reuters reported.

He added that his country will not suspend arms imports from Israel, explaining that the Netherlands procures arms domestically and from European Union members before purchasing weapons from other nations.

However, he

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