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Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort denounced by Israel. The trio announced last week the recognition would come into force on Tuesday, a watershed moment that broke with decades of previous policy and showed the diplomatic chill Israel finds itself in. The act has powerful symbolic value given that most other Western European countries take the position that Palestinian statehood can only come after direct negotiations between the parties. "This decision of Ireland is about keeping hope alive. It is about believing that a two-st...
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Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort denounced by Israel. The trio announced last week the recognition would come into force on Tuesday, a watershed moment that broke with decades of previous policy and showed the diplomatic chill Israel finds itself in. The act has powerful symbolic value given that most other Western European countries take the position that Palestinian statehood can only come after direct negotiations between the parties. "This decision of Ireland is about keeping hope alive. It is about believing that a two-st...
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Ireland formally recognized the state of Palestine on Tuesday, a decision that has angered Israel but which Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said is a sign of faith in the two-state solution. Last week, the Irish leader joined his counterparts in Spain and Norway in announcing that the three countries would formally recognize an independent Palestine. All three made good on that promise on Tuesday. "This decision of Ireland is about keeping hope alive. It is about believing that a two-state solution is the only way for Israel and Palestine to live side by side in peace and security," Harris s...
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Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide described his country's recognition of the state of Palestine as a "milestone" moment, as he also offered criticism of Israel. "For more than 30 years, Norway has been one of the strongest advocates for a Palestinian state. Today, when Norway officially recognizes Palestine as a state, is a milestone in the relationship between Norway and Palestine," Eide said in a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. Together with Ireland and Spain, Norway had announced last week that the recognition would come into force on Tuesday. The...
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Spain's left-wing government formally announced the recognition of a Palestinian state on Tuesday, after the decision was made last week along with Norway and Ireland. "This is a historic decision that has a single goal: To help the Israelis and the Palestinians achieve peace," Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a statement outside his official residence, Moncloa Palace, in Madrid. Sánchez spoke before the government's Council of Ministers gave its official approval. Their sign off was expected later Tuesday. In view of the debate on the question of the borders of a state of Palestine, Sánch...
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Norway on Tuesday began formally recognizing an independent Palestinian state, as Spain and Ireland were set to follow suit later in the day, despite staunch opposition from Israel. "Norway's formal recognition of Palestine as a state will enter into force on Tuesday 28 May 2024," the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "A number of other likeminded European countries will also formally recognise Palestine on that same date." The three European countries had announced the move simultaneously last week, with their leaders saying they hoped other countries would join in the initiativ...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that his government has no plans to officially recognize a Palestinian state. There is "no reason" to recognize the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a separate state, Scholz said on Friday at a press conference alongside Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro. "There is no clarity about the territory of the state, about all other issues related to it," Scholz said. He suggested that matters were "not yet that far." Scholz argued that "a negotiated solution between Israel and the Palestinians that amounts to a two-state solution" with a Palestinian A...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that his government has no plans to officially recognize a Palestinian state. There is "no reason" to recognize the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a separate state, Scholz said on Friday at a press conference alongside Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro. "There is no clarity about the territory of the state, about all other issues related to it," Scholz said. He suggested that matters were "not yet that far." Scholz argued that "a negotiated solution between Israel and the Palestinians that amounts to a two-state solution" with a Palestinian A...
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Norway, Spain and Ireland will recognize an independent Palestinian state, their leaders said in near simultaneous announcements on Wednesday, defying staunch opposition from Israel. "This is an historic and important day for Ireland and Palestine," Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said in a speech to the nation. It was "never the wrong time to do the right thing," he said, comparing the Palestinian struggle for independence to Ireland's pursuit of independence over 100 years ago. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in Oslo he hoped other countries would join in the initiative, bel...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned against the intended recognition of an independent Palestinian state as announced by Norway, Ireland and Spain. "The intention of several European countries to recognize a Palestinian state is a reward for terrorism," Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday. "Eighty per cent of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] support the terrible massacre of October 7," he asserted. "This evil cannot be given a state." "This would be a terrorist state. It will try to repeat the massacre of October 7 again and again; we will not conse...
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