Ireland and some EU states set to announce formal recognition once peace initiative with Israel – expected within weeks – is under way
Delay ‘not credible any longer’: Recognition of state of Palestine expected in coming weeksIt is understood that Ireland and some other EU states will announce formal recognition of Palestine once a peace initiative – expected in the coming weeks – is under way. Sources were reluctant to put a date on this but said it would be “sooner rather than later”, and was a matter of weeks rather than months.
It is understood Mr Martin has recently been in discussions with the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and well as “like-minded EU countries” including Spain, Slovenia, Malta and Belgium, on the initiative. As expected, Mr Harris was comfortably elected Taoiseach by the Dáil yesterday afternoon with a majority of 19 votes, having secured the support of several Independent TDs to bolster the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Green numbers.
Hildegarde Naughton remains as chief whip, but with an expanded role as Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion, while, as expected, Paschal Donohoe, Heather Humphreys and Helen McEntee – along with all the Green and Fianna Fáil Ministers – remain in their previous roles.
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