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Lamhfada

Ireland, Spain and a number of other EU (Slovenia and Malta) member states are considering 21 May as the date on which they will jointly recognise the State of Palestine

They had better follow through.

rte.ie/news/2024/0508/1448093-

@Lamhfada Interesting move, considering that #Spain refuses to recognize #Kosovo as independent state since that would make Madrid look bigotted towards #Catalonia...

  • But like with any "international recognition" it's mostly formal politricks and show.

After all, lack of #UN representation and official #Embassies didn't impact #Taiwan, because unlike #Palestine they actually have a working government and economy that is globally relevant!

@kkarhan Taiwan isn't currently illegally occupied by Israel, having land and homes stolen by settlers, and isn't having Israel carrying out a genocide in its borders though, is so that's apples and oranges....

@Lamhfada Meanwhile Palestine can't even get basic governance in the West Bank working (not even talking about the Mafia-esque Hamas-coup'd Gaza Strip)...

And it's not as if they didn't get the resources to do so...

@Lamhfada Inappropriate. "Palestine" has no legitimate, secular government - only lawless gang rule by terrorists.