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Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize Palestinian state; Israel condemns
The diplomatic moves are purely symbolic but not without some power.
By William Booth
Updated May 22, 2024 at 3:35 a.m. EDT|Published May 22, 2024 at 3:02 a.m. EDT
https://wapo.st/3wKHyor
"SNIP.............
LONDON The Spanish, Irish and Norwegian governments on Wednesday announced they would recognize a Palestinian state, saying there would be no peace in the Middle East without a nation for the Palestinians.
In the midst of a war, with tens of thousands killed and injured, we must keep alive the only alternative that offers a political solution for Israelis and Palestinians alike: Two states, living side by side, in peace and security, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
There will be no peace in the Middle East without a two-state solution. There can be no two-state solution without a Palestinian state, he added.
In response, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz ordered the immediate recall of the Israeli ambassadors to Norway and Ireland. I am sending a clear message today: Israel will not be complacent against those who undermine its sovereignty and endanger its security.
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no_hypocrisy
(46,668 posts)Lebanon with Hezbollah.
And there wouldn't be "pockets" of Palestinian land if Israel hadn't appropriated land not designated to it by the U.N. Charter. There would be just one border.
wnylib
(22,230 posts)at the end of the Arab war against Israel for accepting the UN offer of statehood. Tell me where you see an unbroken border for Palestine. I see Israel, with Gaza and the West Bank as separate from each other.
https://images.app.goo.gl/nGhNdwdTG7jiBdWZ8
Here is the 1947 UN proposal for land division between Israel and Palestine. No unified, one piece of land for Palestine then, either.
So why are you making up tales about an unbroken Palestine?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
malaise
(270,647 posts)Rec
dlk
(11,697 posts)Have they considered Hamas, a terrorist organization, as the leadership of Palestine?
Voltaire2
(13,687 posts)Rincewind
(1,213 posts)The Palestinians have rejected statehood that also included an Israeli state. Have they changed their position?
Voltaire2
(13,687 posts)Where they is the PLO. Also the more recent Gulf States (SA) initiative included mutual recognition not only between Israel and Palestine but also Saudi Arabia and their allies.
Goddessartist
(2,065 posts)Rec
David__77
(23,788 posts)AloeVera
(1,255 posts)This is Likud's Charter. It used to be the quiet part, now much bolder.
People who continue to blame Palestinians by claiming they rejected a two-state, knowingly miss the point. There was never a chance for a two-state after Likud came to power. Likud had always wanted it all, for Israel. Everything else was just theater.
Voltaire2
(13,687 posts)Mountainguy
(694 posts)Or are they pretending the PA has any authority in Gaza?
applegrove
(119,536 posts)be Hamas or Hezbollah.
Mountainguy
(694 posts)I doubt they just hand it over.
Prairie Gates
(1,258 posts)David__77
(23,788 posts)Prairie Gates
(1,258 posts)David__77
(23,788 posts)Prairie Gates
(1,258 posts)sarisataka
(19,456 posts)It seems much more a symbolic than practical recognition.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(109,369 posts)Ping Tung
(944 posts)I expect more nations in Europe and around the world will join in supporting a two state resolution to the current madness.
LeftInTX
(26,269 posts)Even France voted for it.
Germany, UK, Ukraine and few more countries abstained.
Only Czech Republic and Hungary voted against it.
The resolution overwhelming passed at the UN, but it is non-binding.
JoseBalow
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(109,369 posts)Everyone should have some