Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state ( www.theguardian.com )

Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority.

The three European governments made the long-awaited announcements in coordinated moves on Wednesday morning that they said were intended to support a two-state solution and foster peace in the Middle East.

“We are going to recognise Palestine for many reasons and we can sum that up in three words: peace, justice and consistency,” Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, told the parliament in Madrid, to applause. “We have to make sure that the two-state solution is respected and there must be mutual guarantees of security.”

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Aceticon ,

The only reason why these countries are not immediatelly sanctioned by the Biden Administration is because it would start a Trade War with the whole of the EU which would really fuck up the US and cause even more EU nations to do the same things as these three.

werefreeatlast ,

Israel just had to poke at the hive. Because russia'z invasion was going great. Now it's time for consequences.

Reminds us of Trump and the consequences he is facing.

Jafoo ,

Do so before The IDF wipes the entire fucking place(And everyone in it)out, once and for all

xc2215x ,

Great to see from these three countries.

thefluffiest ,

Ireland, Spain and Norway: thank you for your leadership

mightyfoolish ,

I ❤️ Basedland! This is being human, recognizing in others the same struggle you went through and want to lend a helping hand.

DUBLIN — When Fatin Al Tamimi immigrated to Ireland in 1988, she felt like hers was the only hijab on the streets of Dublin. There weren't many other Arabs or Muslims in Ireland at that time.
"People thought I was a nun! They were always like, 'Bless you, sister,'" the educator and activist recalls, laughing.
But when her mostly white, Irish Catholic neighbors learned she was Palestinian, she says they were immediately supportive.
"They'd say, 'We know it all, we've been through that,' " Al Tamimi says. "I guess because of history, the way they were oppressed and colonized by the British. It's the same thing happening to the Palestinians." - NPR

ThePowerOfGeek ,
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Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority.

The Israeli government (and many but not all Israeli people) will seize on any excuse they can to punish the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people at this point. So tying such actions to the recent decisions of Ireland, Norway, Spain, or whoever else is very disingenuous.

They want all the Palestinians to suffer, and preferably disappear forever. These punitive steps are just a means to that end.

Mrkawfee ,

Hopefully this is a step toward dismantling the brutal apartheid regime that has colonised Palestine for 76 years.

Eheran ,

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