By Antoine Demaison

MADRID (Reuters) -Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Tuesday challenged countries that have recognised a Palestinian state to back up what she called “symbolic gestures” with more pressure on Israel to end its offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Thunberg is attempting to reach Gaza on a flotilla of boats aiming to break Israel’s naval blockade and deliver food and other humanitarian supplies to the shattered enclave.

“Of course it’s good that the Palestinian cause is more on the agenda, but these symbolic gestures will lead nowhere unless they are accompanied with real action,” Thunberg told Reuters via video conference while at sea near Greece.

She said states had a legal duty to do everything in their power to stop what a United Nations Commission of Inquiry and human

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