Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognize Palestinian statehood | DW News 

I guess they’re all “antisemitic” now 🙄

So proud of my beautiful country Ireland 🇮🇪

Actually Ireland feels the pain of oppression....

Germany still on the wrong side of history. Thank you to these three nations.

some EU countries finally does what EU stands for

Awesome! Well done Norway, Ireland and Spain. If only the EU had the courage....

Honorable and respected Ireland, Spain and Norway. 👏👍

Germany is always on the wrong side of the history.

Only those countries who are not truly " Independent and Sovereign" themselves would not recognise Palestine as an Independent country.

Netanyahu 4 prison

At least some countries are not hypocrites like others: USA talking about a two state solution while vetoing any initiative at the UN that helps in that direction. Germany and other european countries talk about human rights, and then supporting the number one country violating them (Russia looks like a toy in regards to war crimes compared to Israel, and yet these countries have sanction Russia but not Israel). Proud Spanish citizen here! Free Palestine!

Israel should send all it's ambassadors to America 🇺🇸 as it's the US'S 51 state anyways.

"Three EU countries". Two plus a non EU member. That was a bit of a rookie mistake.

Aww, Israel is throwing another tantrum. Suprised Isreal hasn't thrown down the Anti Isreal card!

The US/Israel throwing up tantrums

Ireland ❤

Israel was created on land where the Palestinians had lived for centuries. Now, Israel wants to deny the Palestinians a state of their own. Hypocrisy at its finest.

My dear beloved Norway, never been more proud of being a Norwegian

❤to Ireland Spain and Norway.

2 EU countries

I'm all for self-determination, but given the timing, this can't be interpreted as anything other than a reward for Oct. 7. All countries that recognize Palestine while Hamas is still in charge of half of it should be ashamed.

A tiny piece of land in a vast subcontinent of Arab dominant countries. And yet the hate and discrimination is so fierce that they can't allow Israel to exist without constantly waging war against them (from day one, even after they fled a holocaust by a regime that those Arab countries sided with in WW2). That's the bottom line, looking at it from the thousand foot view. Now decades of grievances and terrible acts by all sides have blurred the big picture. Imagine if those same Arab countries had just accepted Israel and ceded that small piece of land, how different the world could be today.

Proud to stand with our brothers and sisters in Spain and Norway. Norway in particular has been seen as a country of fair values, the rest of the world must follow the now 140+ countries in the world. Germany honestly how can you enable genocide, such shame

The Ambassadors can leave all countries except US , UK ,GERMANY of course ❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

A bit hypocritical from Spain I think. They should start at home with recognition of Basques and Catalonians.

What territory does it encompass, and who will represent them?

When will spain give Basque a state!?....

A Palestinian state? Now? This is beyond idiotic. BEYOND. Also their free determination put HAMAS in power :))

political craziness … recognising statehood of which people, whose leaders, which land, based on what history?

1:25 - Norway is not an EU member!

What about a state for the Kurds.

Except the Palestinian people don't want two-state solution but one state only.

Im just curious where is the goverment of this state?

Nothing scares them more than peace! that is why ambassadors are at home now.

Proud of Ireland, Spain, and Norway for doing the right things.

A state represented by who? Hamas?

Likud is as effective for Israel as United Russia is for Russia. Putin has expanded NATO at a record pace. Netanyahu has expanded recognition of Palestine at a record pace.

and where exactly are the borders of this state? and where is it's capital city? and what type of government does it have? who are its leaders? where does it exist?

Hopefully this will also lead to Spain's recognition of Kosovo too

Spain, what about the Basks and Catalunya? What do they need to do to gain their rights? France? What about new Caledonia? They too need independence. Belgium, soon the people whose names are not to said will want part of your country too... You do not fight terror, you meet terror at home... and they will want a piece of your land... enjoy...

Ireland doesn’t want an Israeli ambassador in Ireland, it is country of morals and ethics that doesn’t like having an Israeli Embassy on their soil. Ireland does not support the fascist regime.

This is a massive nod to coercion through Terrorism. It is one thing if this came out of negotiations with a law-abiding, unified, and elected government. However, as matters stand, it is a validation of massacre as a state-building tool by a number of organizations bent on ruling by the power of the gun. At a different time and circumstance I'd applaud the measure. As things stand, I am afraid it'll only encourage the spread of anarchy in the world.

Politicians are never going to recognize their own stupidity. 🐐

Dw sort out the sound on your broadcasts.

Israel should recall all their ambassadors from 2/3 of the countries then as more than 140 countries recognize it 😂

Only commenting on headline because any country, which recognises Palestine in context with Islam is not only uninformed but as well giving a future direction, which IMO, doesn't provide stability.

I have less and less in common with the west every day Does anyone understand hamas is the elected leadership of Sudo Palestine?

How come Palestine is a separate country but Catalonia isn't? Spain, would you mind Israel declaring Catalonia a separate country?

Where is this.state of palestine? On the map?

I recognize a free Catalonia!!!

Israel should recall ambassadors from all these countries, because they also recognise both Palestine and Israel: Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Czechia, D. R. Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, R. Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Tajikstan, Tanzania, Thailand, the Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Great initiative by Ireland, Norway and Spain ❤❤❤

where is german's spine?

LONG LIVE BELFAST AND NORTHERN IRELAND!!!

All 142 members of the un who have recognised Palestine as a member state should kick out their Israeli ambassadors.

Israel should recognize Catalonia as independent from Spain immediately. If Spain believes in self-determination, it should be consistent.

Does it not matter that palestine doesnt exist not all people can have a country

Bravo thanks for this most countries need to do the same. Palestine have a right to have own country only this will stop war

Love to Spain, Ireland and Norway. Hope other nations will soon join in the recognition of Palestine as well.

I kinda feel like i don't know enough about this to have an educated opinion. Are there any good arguments for or against this move?

I am so proud to be Irish, and I am so proud to support Palestine 🇵🇸

These countries are still have the heart of humanity & rationality, have joined the others with vast majority

Where is this new "state" located? Does it have borders? Does it have a defined structure of governance?

France and Belgium should follow suit.👍👍👍

Where is Palestine? They should recognize Gaza. Palastine is on Jordan terretory and I don't think they want them back...

Kind of disappointed they didn't recall their ambassador here in Spain tbh

Israel will end up with no ambasadors anywhere if it continues. 🇦🇪

What is Gamas saying two state solution?

3 countries that can screw themselves.

Norway is not an EU country though

Foolish and an idiotic move by Spain, Ireland, and Norway.

Israel should recognize independent Catalan.

There is one country in EU who behave like ostrich and he will never take his head of sand because that country thinks that my wrong actions in past can be compensate by endorsing another wrong actions happening right now in Gaza.

I expect that the next step of Spain is to recognize Catalonia.

Does that mean Palestinians will now take responsibility for their actions?.

So Ireland, Norway and Sweden supports Palestinian slogan of from the " river to the ocean" as well???

Do you really think these countries act purely out of noble reasons? Ask yourself how many of them recognise Taiwan or Kurdistan??

I remember learning what set of requirments need to exist for a place to be a country. I guess some state leaders have never sat through that class.

But THEY HAD SELF - DETERMNATION. They refused a two state solution 5 times in History. Its an historical fact.. and they voted for humus.

I recognize an independent Catalonia !

Europeans do what they know best. Invent countries...

why should israel just be given land after a europeon conflict anyways? there should be one state of palistine. israel should go find an island where they arent starting problems.

There is only one solution that bring peace and harmony that is two states solution of Palestine and Israel .

Where exactly is the Palestine State? I forgot?

I hope Belgium doesn't do it. There's no positive effect that I can think of. The best hope I see is that Israel can provide a stable solution for the Palestinians after clearing Rafah of Hamas. Solutions are providing support, medications, education and economic and political stability.

Great news! Other EU countries should follow suit. This courage is needed to help Israeli people and Palestinians❤ There is no chance for Israel to survive in a hostile neighborhood without a friendly State of Palestine. The sooner the Israeli ruling elite understands this, the better for the next generations in Israel and Palestine. ❤

honestly, i understand your hate for those countries but it is inevitable that the British unilateral idea of just gifting some land can be contested in the name of the two state solution that everyone including Israel wants to pursue in order to solve this tired old problem. Don't you agree?

Hear me out, now imagine a country that has suppressed a region of their lands that wants to be their own country, yet they are will to recognize other regions as countries? I wonder when we will encourage catalonia movement to breakaway from spain, surely spain government would support that??

Okay, they are the state, so now they are not responsible for the 7th of October massacre by their officials - hamas?

Recalling Ambassadors is a very bad move. It further isolates Israel from the world community

Ireland, Spain, Norway, you blind? That land belong to Israel. Those so called Palestinians are ARAB. The Arabs enter that land in 636 under Caliphate Abu Bakr and Caliphate Omar Ibn Khattab.

It don't make sense on many levels especially from countries that aren't in the region!

Norway is not in the EU

Highly disappointed

Ok to recognise but.. how long will it be..

Hope these countries take in millions of Palestinians.

I think many people are misunderstanding. Those countries recognize Gaza and the West Bank as Palestine, maybe plus East Jerusalem. They do not agree that all of Israel is Palestine.

"We took the liberty to make some inquiries concerning the Grounds of their pretentions to make war upon Nations who had done them no Injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation. The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise." American Commissioners Thomas Jefferson and John Adams to John Jay, 28 March 1786

Come on Canada, lets not be american about this issue!

3 EU countries? Didn't know norway joined the Eu