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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

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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[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Let them take their ambassadors, we have been asking for their expulsion for months. This is a win win for us.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I think it was smart enough to let them do the withdrawal instead of us doing the expulsion tbh. They look like they're having a tantrum now because of it.

You can't have a two state solution without two states. Calm down lads.

That Russian ambassador though.... I would very much like to see him kicked out. His justification of the invasion to Tubridy was disgusting to watch.

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 25 points 5 months ago

Ireland, Spain and Norway: thank you for your leadership

[-] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Great to see from these three countries.

[-] Jafoo@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago

Vacated embassies? Sounds like the new Palestinian state has embassies now.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

I wouldn't be surprised if Putin helped Bibi & Hamas kick off 10/7. It helps all 3 of their goals.

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