Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognize Palestinian state – DW – 05/22/2024
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Israel has condemned the move, recalled its ambassadors and warned recognition would lead to "more terrorism and instability." DW has the latest.

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.”

    • @geissi@feddit.deEnglish
      3•7 months ago

      Actually this isn’t a semantic argument.
      As far as Spain is concerned there are factual de jure differences.

      Despite a higher degree of autonomy, Catalonia has been part of Spain for a while now.
      It seems they even accepted the Spanish constitution:

      After Franco’s death in 1975, Catalonia voted for the adoption of a democratic Spanish Constitution in 1978

      Palestine (neither West Bank nor Gaza) on the other hand has never been part of Israel.