BILBAO, Spain: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S谩nchez said Saturday that he will propose that Spain鈥檚 parliament recognizes a Palestinian state.

鈥淚 will propose granting Spain鈥檚 recognition to the Palestinian state,鈥� S谩nchez said. 鈥淚 do this out of moral conviction, for a just cause and because it is the only way that the two states, Israel and Palestine, can live together in peace.鈥�

S谩nchez added his voice to a chorus of other European leaders and government officials who have said that they could support a two-state solution in the Middle East as international frustration grows with Israel鈥檚 actions in the Palestinian territories.

Sanchez also posted his plan on the X platform.

French President Emmanuel Macron said last month that it鈥檚 not 鈥渢aboo鈥� for France to recognize a Palestinian state. British Foreign Minister David Cameron said that the United Kingdom could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

S谩nchez said that his position on the conflict in the Gaza Strip is much like his country鈥檚 support for Ukraine following Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion more than two years ago.

He stressed that Spain demanded 鈥渞espect for international law from Russia, and from Israel, for the violence to end, the recognition of two states, and for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.鈥�

His comments at a rights conference in the city of Bilbao came as aid shipments were headed for Gaza amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and a new international willingness to work around Israeli restrictions.

Five months after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking 250 others hostage, Israel鈥檚 military has battered the territory, killing more than 30,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.