Ireland officially recognises State of Palestine

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Ireland has joined 135 other countries in recognising Palestine as a state

The Dáil has agreed a motion officially recognising the State of Palestine and the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.

The Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Ahmad Abdelrazek was in the Dáil tonight to watch the debate.

The Sinn Féin Private Members motion, debated last night and tonight, was not contested by the Government.

TDs from all political parties as well as Independents welcomed the motion.

 

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1210/666037-palestine-motion/

 

It becomes the second western EU country to do so after Sweden 

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Okay. 

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Surprise surprise. I wounder when will the Palestinian finally accept the fact that the only country that actually matters on the recognition question is Israel.

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SLAY

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SLAY

 

Stan for the Queen of human rights :madge:

 

the country one, not Madonna

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Ireland being progressive with something at least

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Turns out it might have been an early conclusion Some sources are saying it's only a second non-binding resolution (why they needed two I don't know ) but the Irish foreign minister said they are considering "early recognition". Sorry if I got your hopes up

 

It's not very good when the national broadcaster of a country gets its own political stuff wrong

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Turns out it might have been an early conclusion Some sources are saying it's only a second non-binding resolution (why they needed two I don't know ) but the Irish foreign minister said they are considering "early recognition". Sorry if I got your hopes up

 

It's not very good when the national broadcaster of a country gets its own political stuff wrong

Oh damn. Anyway, it will happen. And lots of love for Irish people, still stands:)♡

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Ireland's lower house calls on government to recognize Palestine
Irish government is mulling recognition of Palestinian state as possible tactic for kick-starting Mideast peace talks, foreign minister says.

Ireland’s lower house of parliament approved a nonbinding resolution calling on the government to formally recognize the state of Palestine.

The measure that passed unanimously late Tuesday night in the Dail was sponsored by the left-wing Sinn Fein party. It calls for a State of Palestine on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The motion is similar to one passed in October by the upper house of Parliament, the Seanad.

Ireland's Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said his government is considering recognition of Palestinian statehood as a possible tactic for kick-starting Middle East peace talks, an idea bitterly opposed by Israel.

"I've no difficulty in principle with the idea of early recognition, if I believe it can contribute to achieving a settlement of the conflict," Flanagan told lawmakers. "The present stalemate is not acceptable."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.631085?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

 

 

He credited Sweden with inspiring the entire 28-nation EU to open talks Nov. 26 in Brussels seeking a possible alliance-wide endorsement of Palestinian statehood. But he said Ireland still hoped to make the move as part of a wider Israeli-Palestinian accord, not before it or unilaterally in advance of achieving an EU consensus.

"Achieving and recognizing a Palestinian state has always been the objective of the Irish government. Everything we do in the Middle East is directed towards that aim," Flanagan told a virtually empty parliamentary chamber, with barely a dozen lawmakers present in the 166-seat hall. Most represented the opposition Sinn Fein, an Irish nationalist party with strong Palestinian links. The Palestinian ambassador to Ireland, Ahmad Abdelrazek, watched the debate from the visitors' gallery above.

"While successive governments have always seen recognition coming as part of an agreed peace, I've made it clear that I've absolutely no difficulty in principle with the idea of early recognition, if I believe it can contribute to achieving a settlement of the conflict. The present stalemate is not acceptable to me," Flanagan said.

But he stopped short of promising that the government would fulfill the parliamentary motion's call to recognize Palestine ahead of any EU consensus. "First our priority goal is to work to begin or, indeed, resume a process of real negotiations between the parties," he said. "Despite previous failures and consequent deep frustration, our own experience tells us that this is the only way that conflict can be resolved, and a fully functioning Palestinian state on all of its territory established."

That didn't stop Sinn Fein, which authored the motion, from fueling misleading reports that Ireland's government had recognized Palestinian statehood. "Long live Palestine!" tweeted Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, who visited the region last week and was stopped by Israel from entering the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Adams is a reputed former commander of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, which had close ties to the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Israel argues that nations which confer full diplomatic legitimacy on the Palestinian Authority discourage their enemies from engaging in direct talks. Sweden became the 135th of the world's 193 nations to recognize Palestine, but most of the West does not.

 

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.631085