Foreign minister Yisrael Katz describes move, done alongside Norway and Spain, as ‘parade of stupidity’ and warns of ‘dire consequences’
Irish recognition of Palestinian state widely welcomed but criticised by Israel and its supporters“I am sending a clear message today: Israel will not be complacent against those who undermine its sovereignty and endanger its security,” he said.
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Fatah – which controls the West Bank part of Palestinian territory, but not the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Hamas – spoke to Taoiseach Simon Harris in a telephone call and told him that the recognition was “a beacon of hope to the Palestinian people”, in an account supplied by Government Buildings in Dublin.
Announcing the decision on Wednesday morning at Government Buildings, Mr Harris compared the efforts to secure recognition of Palestinian statehood to similar efforts by the fledgling independent Irish State a century ago to gain international recognition. In Norway, the prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre made a similar announcement while the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez told the Spanish Parliament also framed the move as an attempt to bolster a two-state solution. But also suggested it was a response to the Israeli assault on Gaza.
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