Taoiseach confident other countries will follow lead of Ireland, Norway and Spain
Last month I stood on these same steps with Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain when we agreed that the point of recognising the State of Palestine was coming closer.
It is a message to those in Palestine who advocate and work for a future of peace and democracy, that we fully respect your aspirations to be living freely, in control of your own affairs and under your own leadership. We have previously said that recognition is a step that we would ideally have taken as part of a process towards that goal.
Just as Ireland’s recognition as a state eventually led to the establishment of our peaceful Republic, we believe that Palestinian statehood will contribute to peace and to reconciliation in the Middle East. Recognising the statehood of Palestine sends a message that there is a viable alternative to the nihilism of Hamas.There is also no future in the extremist version of Zionism that fuels settler violence and illegal appropriation of land in the West Bank.
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