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Ireland and Spain have followed Norway in announcing their recognition of a Palestinian state (www.dw.com)

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Norway, Spain, and Ireland will recognize an independent Palestinian stateas of May 28.

"There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition," Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said. "By recognizing a Palestinian state, Norway supports the Arab peace plan."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is Palestine a splinter state though?

Technically yes because formally there are two autonomous regions (Gaza and West Bank) on Israeli soil.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Has Israel actually claimed the West Bank and Gaza as its territory? I thought the Israelis were content to be conquerors and occupiers. Claiming the land would mean either expelling the Palestinians (not politically expedient even for Netanyahu -- yet -- which is why he's settled for simply killing them all instead) or granting them citizenship and the right to participate in Israel's government (a nonstarter for any Israeli government since Rabin).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They never acknowledged any borders partitioning Palestine and Israel, so technically they claimed it with agreeing to various peace agreements like not settling in Gaza strip.

Edit: And they vehemently oppose Palestinian statehood. They had the US veto a UN vote on that a decade or so ago.