Sweden Recognizes Palestinian State
Source: Huffington Post
STOCKHOLM (AP) Sweden's new left-leaning government on Thursday recognized a Palestinian state a move that comes during increased tensions between Arabs and Jews over Israel's plans to build about 1,000 housing units in east Jerusalem.
The European Union member became the third Western European nation, after Malta and Cyprus, to do so, reflecting growing international impatience with Israel's nearly half-century control of the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said Sweden, fulfilling a promise it had made when the Social Democratic-led government took office earlier this month, made the move because Palestine had met the international law criteria required for such recognition.
"There is a territory, a people and government," she told reporters in Stockholm.
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BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Hopefully many more nations will follow.
UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)those Swedes!
elias7
(4,027 posts)They've had the opportunity for 66 years but haven't jumped at the chance.