{"id":264727,"date":"2024-05-22T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=264727"},"modified":"2024-05-23T07:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:27:47","slug":"norway-ireland-spain-to-recognise-palestinian-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=264727","title":{"rendered":"Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognise Palestinian state"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2147862246-1-1716362660.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Spain Ireland Norway\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.io\/jrjxqc\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OSLO, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8211;The leaders of Norway, Ireland and Spain have said their countries will formally recognise Palestine as a state next week for the sake of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2024\/5\/22\/israels-war-on-gaza-live-famine-fears-rise-as-aid-failure-escalates\">peace in the Middle East<\/a>\u201c, prompting Israel to immediately recall its envoys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway\u2019s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Wednesday that a two-state solution was in Israel\u2019s best interest, adding that the recognition would come as of May 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the midst of a war, with tens of thousands killed and injured [in Gaza], 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,\u201d Gahr Store added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRecognition of Palestine is a means of supporting the moderate forces which have been losing ground in this protracted and brutal conflict,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis could ultimately make it possible to resume the process towards achieving a two-state solution and give it renewed momentum,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after Norway\u2019s announcement, Ireland\u2019s prime minister Simon Harris said his country would also recognise a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, Ireland, Norway, and Spain are announcing that we recognise the state of Palestine,\u201d Harris said at a news conference in DUBLIN. \u201cEach of us will now undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m confident that further countries will join us in taking this important step in the coming weeks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign minister Micheal Martin said on X that the recognition will take place on May 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-datawrapper wp-block-embed-datawrapper\"><div 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over this in silence,\u201d Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement, adding that he planned to do the same with the Spanish ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli foreign ministry had earlier posted a video message addressed to Ireland on X warning that \u201crecognising a Palestinian state risks turning you into a pawn in the hands of Iran and Hamas\u201d, adding the move would \u201conly fuel extremism and instability\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel has said plans for Palestinian recognition constitute a \u201cprize for terrorism\u201d that would reduce the chances of a negotiated resolution to the war in Gaza, which began on October 7 when Palestinian fighters stormed into southern Israel.Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hussein al-Sheikh, the secretary-general of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), posted on X: \u201cHistorical moments in which the free world triumphs for truth and justice after long decades of Palestinian national struggle, suffering, pain, occupation, racism, murder, oppression, abuse and destruction to which the people of Palestine were subjected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamas called the decision by the three European countries an \u201cimportant step\u201d. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSLO, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8211;The leaders of Norway, Ireland and Spain have said their countries will formally recognise Palestine as a state next week for the sake of \u201cpeace in the Middle East\u201c, prompting Israel to immediately recall its envoys. 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