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It permits Palestine to pursue legal rights over its territorial waters and air space as a sovereign state recognized by the UN, and allows the Palestinian people the right to sue for sovereignty over their territory in the International Court of Justice and to bring "crimes against humanity" and war-crimes charges, including that of unlawfully ...
Initially, the PLO established relations with Arab and communist countries. In 1969 the PLO became a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. [4] [5] In October 1974, the Arab League designated the PLO as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people". [6]
Ireland and Luxembourg are among a small group of countries that want the issue put on the agenda; in a letter to Borrell, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said that hopes for a two-state solution are "being dismantled piece by piece, day after day," and that it is time to consider recognizing Palestine as a state. [30] Pro-Palestine ...
A group of United Nations experts called on Monday for all countries to recognise a Palestinian state to ensure peace in the Middle East. ... the worst in its 75-year history, killed 1,200 people ...
Netanyahu himself described the decision by the three countries as "a reward for terrorism", and said a Palestinian state would "try to repeat the massacre of Oct. 7 again and again."
The prime minister of the Palestinian Authority expressed hope on Sunday that Spain, Ireland and Norway's recognition of a Palestinian state would encourage other European countries to do the same.
Palestinians (Arabic: الفلسطينيون, romanized: al-Filasṭīniyyūn) are an Arab ethnonational group native to the region of Palestine. [34] [35] [36] [37]In 1919, Palestinian Muslims and Palestinian Christians constituted 90 percent of the population of Palestine, just before the third wave of Jewish immigration and the setting up of British Mandatory Palestine after World War I.
A pro-Palestinian rally in the centre of Bucharest, Romania being escorted by the police, with banners calling for an end to the genocide (May 2024) On 21 October 2023, a pro-Palestine rally was held in Bucharest and attended by over 1,000 demonstrators, [314] including Twitch streamer and left-wing activist Silviu Istrate. [315]