Ireland, Spain, and Norway officially recognised Palestine as a separate independent state on Wednesday, May 22.
The announcement has prompted Israel to call back its ambassador from two of the European states, Ireland and Norway, immediately, Sky News reported.
Prime Minister of Ireland, Simon Harris, in Dublin, announced, “Today Ireland, Norway and Spain are announcing that we recognise the state of Palestine; each of us will undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to that decision.”
He continued, “I am confident that further countries will join us in taking this important step in the coming weeks.”
Harris further added, “It is a statement of unequivocal support for a two-state solution, the only credible path to peace and security for Israel, for Palestine and for their peoples.”
Shortly after Ireland's Primer statement, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth also said that both countries would recognise Palestine as a separate state from May 28.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez noted, “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not have a project of peace for Palestine, even if the fight against the terrorist group Hamas is legitimate".
Jonas Gahr Store, Norwegian government head, said, “There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition. The terror has been committed by Hamas and militant groups who are not supporters of a two-state solution and the state of Israel.”
He emphasised, “Palestine has a fundamental right to an independent state.”
As a reaction, Israel's foreign minister, Israel Katz, recalled its ambassador and wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Today's decision sends a message to the Palestinians and the world: Terrorism pays.”
