Irish PM declares ‘unequivocal support’ for two-state solution, as Israel recalls ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo

Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority.

The three European governments made the long-awaited announcements in coordinated moves on Wednesday morning that they said were intended to support a two-state solution and foster peace in the Middle East.

“We are going to recognise Palestine for many reasons and we can sum that up in three words: peace, justice and consistency,” Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, told the parliament in Madrid, to applause. “We have to make sure that the two-state solution is respected and there must be mutual guarantees of security.”

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  • Mrkawfee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    504·
    4 months ago

    Hopefully this is a step toward dismantling the brutal apartheid regime that has colonised Palestine for 76 years.

      • Drusas@kbin.run
        1021·
        4 months ago

        They are saying they hope it will lead to the end of Israel.

        • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
          19·
          4 months ago

          Or at a minimum, getting Israel out of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territories (West bank, Gaza) and allowing Palestinians to self-rule.

        • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          That’s an intrepretation only possible if you ignore most of that post.

          The logical interpretation after reading the entire post is that they hope this will lead to the end of Appartheid in Israel.

          Or are you saying that there is no possible way for Israel to exist either than as an ultra racist etnostate that systemically discriminates against a part of its population based on their etnicity? Because that’s the only way you could logically claim that Israel without Appartheid would not exist.

          • Knightfox@lemmy.oneEnglish
            413·
            4 months ago

            No one said that, dipshit.

            Dismantle verb

            To get rid of a system or organization, usually over a period of time:

            https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dismantle

            Basically everyone wants either two-states based on 1967 borders or Israel to give Palestinians equal rights and create a single, secular democracy

            Except this guy specifically said he hopes the current Israel is dismantled. At best they could be hoping that Israel changes into a better government, but I don’t think that’s their meaning.

            • Devorlon@lemmy.zipEnglish
              14·
              4 months ago

              dismantling the brutal apartheid regime

              No where does that say dismantling Israel.

              • Knightfox@lemmy.oneEnglish
                38·
                4 months ago

                that has colonised Palestine for 76 years.

                So who are they talking about then?

                • Keeponstalin@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  10·
                  4 months ago

                  Dismantling Israel as an apartheid state and replacing it with a secular binational state that has equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis?

                  • Knightfox@lemmy.oneEnglish
                    34·
                    4 months ago

                    Well that can’t be what he thinks, I listed that as an option in my original response

                    Except this guy specifically said he hopes the current Israel is dismantled. At best they could be hoping that Israel changes into a better government, but I don’t think that’s their meaning.

                    But he clearly said

                    No where does that say dismantling Israel.

                    So what entity which has colonized Palestine for 76 years, but isn’t the current Israel does he mean?

                    EDIT: Words have meaning, if the words you use don’t mean what you mean, then admit that you used the wrong words and be more clear or else people must assume you mean what you say. Coming in after the OP and attributing meaning that they didn’t give doesn’t suddenly change what they said. A reminder, the original post was;

                    Hopefully this is a step toward dismantling the brutal apartheid regime that has colonised Palestine for 76 years."