Ireland and Spain made a concerted pledge with Norway to recognize a Palestinian state.
Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammed Mustafa, left, shakes hands with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide in Brussels on May 26, 2024. | Virginia Mayo/APBRUSSELS — Norway on Sunday handed over diplomatic papers to the Palestinian prime minister in the latest step toward recognizing a Palestinian state, a largely symbolic move that has infuriated Israel.
The diplomatic move by the three nations was a welcome boost of support for Palestinian officials who have sought for decades to establish a statehood in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — territories Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war and still controls. The EU, the United States and Britain, among others, back the idea of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel but say it should come as part of a negotiated settlement.
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