Nine European countries have announced that they want to continue to cooperate with six Palestinian associations, designated as "terrorists" by the Israeli occupation, in the absence of evidence to substantiate the allegations of occupation.

The nine States are Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

The spokespersons of the foreign ministries of the mentioned States said in a joint statement that accusations of terrorism or of relations with terrorist groups must be dealt with as seriously as possible, without exception. It was essential that they carefully examine these classifications, adding that they had not received any important information from the occupation to justify the decline of their policy vis-à-vis the six organizations, and that they would proceed with their unconditional support.