Pal Chr: "Before the End of the Month" - Ireland to Recognize Palestinian State
Posted by sashimi on May 16, 2024, 8:37 am
15 May 2024
Ireland is set to recognize the state of Palestine by the end of May, according to Foreign Minister Micheál Martin. However, a specific date has not been announced.
Micheál Martin, who also serves as Ireland's deputy prime minister, made this announcement on Newstalk radio on Wednesday, TRT reported.
"We will be recognizing the state of Palestine before the end of the month," Martin stated.
In March, leaders from Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, and Malta issued a joint statement expressing their readiness to recognize the Palestinian state.
Ireland has consistently maintained that it has no objections to officially recognizing Palestine if it would contribute to the Middle East peace process.
Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has intensified the urgency of this issue.
Last week, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell mentioned that Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia intended to symbolically recognise a Palestinian state on May 21, with the possibility of other nations joining.
Martin, however, did not confirm an exact date on Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a press conference on Wednesday that the "historical injustice" of the Nakba "has further worsened".
Wenbin's remarks were made during his regular press conference on May 15, which marked the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the Catastrophe, the destruction of the Palestinian homeland - historic Palestine - and the mass ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population in 1948.
"Seventy-six years on, the historical injustice suffered by the Palestinian people, far from being redressed, has further worsened," Wenbin said.
"Today's Gaza Strip is left in ruins and rubble. Those wounded and ill cannot receive timely treatment, those hungry cannot obtain basic necessities, and those escaping from the disaster have nowhere to go," the Chinese official added.
"People cannot help but ask, for how long will the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza drag on and when will the Palestinian people be able to see an end to their suffering?"
Wenbin also reiterated that "China firmly opposes the expansion of the fighting to Rafah and opposes collective punishment on the people in Gaza."
of course the zionist antisemites will reject any border that doesn't follow the Mandate boundary as should the Palestinians.The last working-class hero in England.
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