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Spain, Ireland and Norway said on Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, a step towards a long-held Palestinian aspiration that came amid international outrage over the civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip following Israel's offensive.
The triple and near-simultaneous decisions could result in momentum for recognition of a Palestinian state by other EU countries and could prompt further steps at the United Nations, deepening Israel's isolation. The example can be followed by Malta and Slovenia, which are also among the 27 countries of the European Union.
About 140 of the 190 UN member states have already recognized a Palestinian state.
Why does it matter?
The 1948 UN resolution that created Israel envisioned a neighboring Palestinian state, but some 70 years later control of the Palestinian territories remains divided and bids for UN membership have been rejected.
The United States, Britain and other Western countries have supported the idea of ??an independent Palestinian state existing alongside Israel as a solution to the Middle East's most difficult conflict, but insist that Palestinian statehood must come as part of a settlement. negotiated. There have been no substantive negotiations since 2009.
Although EU countries and Norway will not recognize an existing state, only the possibility of one, the symbolism helps raise the international standing of the Palestinians and increases pressure on Israel to open negotiations to end the war.
The move also gives added importance to the Middle East issue ahead of June's European Parliament elections, when some 370 million people are eligible to vote as a surge of the far-right is on the scene.
Why now?
Diplomatic pressure on Israel has increased as the battle with Hamas - designated a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union - enters its eighth month. The UN General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 11 to grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine in a sign of growing international support for a membership vote.
The leaders of Spain, Ireland, Malta and Slovenia said in March they were considering recognizing a Palestinian state as "a positive contribution" towards ending the war.
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, recently stated:
"I do this out of moral conviction, for a just cause and because this is the only way for both states, Israel and Palestine, to live together in peace."
What implications can recognition bring?
Edhe pse dhjetëra vende e kanë njohur Palestinën, asnjëra nga fuqitë kryesore perëndimore nuk e ka bërë këtë dhe është i paqartë ndryshimi që mund të sjellë lëvizja e këtyre tri vendeve.
Megjithatë, njohja e tyre do të shënonte një arritje të rëndësishme për palestinezët, të cilët besojnë se kjo i jep legjitimitet ndërkombëtar luftës së tyre.
Pak ka të ngjarë të ndryshojnë gjërat në terren në një afat të shkurtër. Bisedimet për paqe kanë ngecur dhe Qeveria e vijës së ashpër e Izraelit refuzon ta ndryshojë qëndrimin e saj kundër shtetësisë palestineze.
Cila është përgjigjja e Izraelit?
Izraeli reagoi menjëherë të mërkurën duke tërhequr ambasadorët e tij nga Irlanda dhe Norvegjia.
Qeveria izraelite kritikoi bisedimet për pavarësinë e Palestinës duke i quajtur si një "shpërblim" për sulmin e Hamasit në jug të Izraelit më 7 tetor, i cili vrau 1200 njerëz dhe çoi në rrëmbimin e mbi 250 të tjerëve. Ajo kundërshton çdo lëvizje për të legjitimuar palestinezët ndërkombëtarisht.
Hapa si ata të tri vendeve evropiane të mërkurën, do të forcojnë pozicionin palestinez dhe do të dëmtojnë procesin e negociatave, thotë Izraeli, duke këmbëngulur se të gjitha çështjet duhet të zgjidhen përmes negociatave.
Izraeli shpesh u përgjigjet vendimeve të vendeve të huaja që konsiderohen se shkojnë kundër interesave të tij, duke thirrur ambasadorët e këtyre vendeve dhe gjithashtu duke ndëshkuar palestinezët përmes masave të tilla si ngrirja e transfereve të taksave për Autoritetin Palestinez me para të gatshme.
Kush e njeh Palestinën si shtet?
Rreth 140 vende e kanë njohur tashmë shtetin palestinez, apo më shumë se dy të tretat e vendeve anëtare të Kombeve të Bashkuara.
Disa fuqi të mëdha kanë treguar se qëndrimi i tyre mund të jetë duke evoluar mes protestave për pasojat e ofensivës së Izraelit në Gaza, e cila ka vrarë më shumë se 35.000 palestinezë sipas Ministrisë së Shëndetësisë të Gazës. Ministria nuk bën dallim midis joluftëtarëve dhe luftëtarëve në numërimin e saj.
Sekretari i Jashtëm britanik, David Cameron, tha se njohja e Palestinës nuk mund të vijë derisa Hamasi të mbetet në Gaza, por se kjo mund të ndodhë derisa negociatat izraelite me liderët palestinezë janë në zhvillim e sipër.
Presidenti francez, Emmanuel Macron, tha në shkurt se nuk është “tabu” që Franca ta njohë shtetin palestinez./REL
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