#Slovenia raises the Palestinian flag today alongside its own flag and the flag of the European Union on the government building in the capital, Ljubljana, following its official recognition of the State of Palestine as an independent state.
Photographer Matej Mlakar: ‘Vršič Pass is a high mountain crossing across the Julian #Alps in north-western #Slovenia. It is the highest pass in Slovenia, as well as the highest in the eastern Julian Alps. One of those peaks is Prednje Robičje (1,941 metres or 6,368ft high), where this image was taken’
#FarhanHaq, a #UN spokesperson, said the new smaller numbers reflected those bodies which had been fully identified. The bigger figures included corpses for whom identification has so far not been completed.
In recent weeks, #EU members #Ireland, #Spain, #Slovenia, and #Malta have said they plan to announce the recognition, possibly in a coordinated manner and in #Madrid and #Dublin, recognition has been part of the government’s programme. Ten out of the EU’s 27 member states currently recognise #Palestine as a state. #Israel#Gaza
#EU / Spain, Ireland to recognise Palestinian state on May 21 - EU's Borrell
[...] Asked on local Spanish radio station RNE if May 21 was when Spain, Ireland and other EU countries would recognise a Palestinian state, Borrell said yes, mentioning #Slovenia as well.
"This is a symbolic act of a political nature. More than a state, it recognises the will for that state to exist," he said, adding that #Belgium and other countries would probably follow.
#Palestine / Borrell: European states expected to recognize Palestinian statehood by end of May
Several European countries, including #Spain, #Ireland, #Malta, and #Slovenia are expected to recognize Palestinian statehood by the end of May, according to the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated that he expects Spain to extend recognition to the Palestinians by July, and believes there will soon be a critical mass within the EU for more members to adopt this position.
People might know that there are countries where it is effectively impossible for Jews to live.
What less people know is that there are countries where Jews are not banned outright, or prevented from getting work permits by law, but are made to pay a "Jew Tax" in the form of preventing Jews from producing kosher meat, requiring them to buy foreign meat that is less available and costs a lot more.
Those countries are Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Slovenia.
These countries have a "Jew Tax" which requires their Jewish citizens to buy food at higher prices.
Canada has now joined these countries.
When I was in school and people would ask "How could people pass laws against Jews?", the answer is this... by starting with making life more difficult for Jews, then like the frog in the pot, turning up the heat.