Ireland, Spain and Norway recognise Palestine | EUROtoday

Irish prime minister Simon Harris says the nation consider that “permanent peace can only be secured upon the basis of the free will of a free people”.

Simon Harris pointed to a vote earlier this month on the United Nations General Assembly, the place 143 nations overwhelmingly backed a decision granting Palestine enhanced standing throughout the organisation.

He provides: “Palestinians in Gaza are enduring the most appalling, suffering, hardship and starvation.

“A humanitarian catastrophe, unimaginable to most, and unconscionable to all – is unfolding in real time.”