<a href='https://ads.independent.com.mt/www/delivery/ck.php?n=afef72b0&cb=145' target='_blank'><img data-src='https://ads.independent.com.mt/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=22&cb=145&n=afef72b0' border='0' alt='' /></a>Malta has officially recognised the state of Palestine. We do so as a demonstration of our concrete commitment to a genuine and peaceful two-state solution as the only solution that will secure the futures of both peoples. Malta is equally unequivocal in our support for the right of Israel to exist alongside a democratic Palestinian state." They were the despicable work of a terrorist organisation, which must have no place in the emerging Palestinian State. Australia, Canada, Portugal and the United Kingdom all recognised the Palestinian state on Sunday.