BREAKING: Ireland, Norway and Spain All Recognize Palestine
The trio of Western countries will now consider Palestine sovereign state
In a startling development sure to shake up international relations, a trio of Western nations have declared that they will recognize Palestine as a sovereign state.
It’s a move that could well have significant repercussions in moving the Palestinian people to autonomy alongside Israel.
The leaders of Ireland, Norway and Spain made their declaration Wednesday, just a day after an international prosecutor announced that he was seeking arrest warrants for the leadership of Israel and Hamas for crimes committed during the attacks of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza which have left dead some 35,000 Palestinians — mostly young children and women.
The government of Ireland said that it’s making the announcement on the same day as Spain and Norway, after months of consultation with like-minded countries across Europe and the Middle East.
Ireland’s recognition of Palestine will be effective May 28.
“Ireland today recognises Palestine as a nation among nations with all the rights and responsibilities that entails,” Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said in a statement. “Ireland has for many decades recognised the State of Israel and its right to exist in peace and security.
“We had hoped to recognise Palestine as part of a two-state peace deal but instead we recognise Palestine to keep the hope of that two-state solution alive. Ireland’s dream is that the Israeli and Palestinian children of May 28, 2024, will grow up to be neighbours at peace,” Harris added, in the statement. “Both the Palestinian and Israeli people are inherently kind and decent. The only way to stop war and death is by tapping into those qualities in both nations. We want to thank and are honoured to recognise Palestine at the same time as our friends in Spain and Norway. We are hopeful others will do the same in the next wave.”
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