r/InternationalNews • u/aNewBabyBoy • May 16 '24
Europe Ireland to recognise Palestinian state by end May, foreign minister says
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ireland-recognise-palestinian-state-by-end-may-foreign-minister-says-2024-05-15/134
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u/LegalRadonInhalation May 16 '24
Based Ireland.
I am very strongly considering moving to Ireland and getting a citizenship there tbh.
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u/coolhandmoos May 16 '24
We vacationing in Ireland yal
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u/twitchtv_edak2 May 17 '24
I just got back today from a vacation there, loved it. The people were super friendly and though I haven’t traveled a ton yet and got very lucky with weather it is genuinely the most beautiful place I’ve ever been!
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u/Old-Winter-7513 May 16 '24
This recognition was agreed to in the dail years ago, I don't know why there's a need to wait til the end of May.
Probably for Irish businesses to sign substitute contracts with Chinese companies if the American ones start boycotting them... but this is unlikely because white people to the West of Belarus will never be sanctioned by America.
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u/johndoe111112 May 16 '24
It's to coordinate recognition with Spain and possibly others.
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u/Old-Winter-7513 May 16 '24
Surely it's not just for symbolic reasons. This would definitely have real economic and commercial consequences too. Which is why Ireland, Spain etc want to co-ordinate.
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u/D0tT0Th3C0m May 16 '24
So beautiful! Thank you, Ireland, for speaking the truth and standing up to zio tyranny 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇸
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May 16 '24
Real recognize real. The truth is that there’s no way to stop the genocide. The world’s most powerful people have been planning this for 76 years and they are not interested in changing their minds.
Our job is not to stop the genocide. Our job is just to be honest and spread the word about who the evil people are and what they’ve been trying to do for 76 years.
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u/NoneAtAul May 16 '24
The genocide is easily stoppable if enough damage is done to the governments funding it to make them pull back support.
Right now they don't see the negatives outweighing the positives. The negatives need to increase.
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u/Correct-Contract742 May 16 '24
This. It’s beyond a massive atrocity that so many lives have been taken from this Genocide but the only trade off I can see is that people have finally woken up to the truth and can see who’s really running the show (definitely not our puppet political leaders) and who essentially “control us” in almost every way possible. I just pray everyone else realizes that we will never be free until Palestine is free 🇵🇸
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u/refep May 16 '24
I’ve gained so much respect for Ireland, I’m going to make it a point to visit there and spend as much money as is feasible to give them some sweet tourism dollars. 🇮🇪
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u/qwerty11111122 May 16 '24
Its not in the article, is there a hint of which, if any, government they will recognize? Palestine is currently split between the PLA in the west bank and Hamas in Gaza
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u/Rampage310 May 16 '24
Recognizing the state of Palestine, as in the territory as belonging to the state of Palestine. Whatever government establishes that is the answer to your question.
Israel has its own land and that’s the emphasis
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u/AnIrishManInExile May 16 '24
It will definitely be the PLO government they already control the embassy in Dublin and all the parties generally have better relations with Fatah, PFLP or the DFLP
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u/Dangerous_Radish2961 May 16 '24
Good for Ireland. I wish the uk would too and do something right for a change .
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u/AbuZubair May 16 '24
Why isn’t AIPAC focused on bribing the Irish as they bribe the Americans?
Surely money can solve this for them….
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u/AdamOfIzalith May 16 '24
Because money won't fix this issue and because they have tried with independent agents like Orli Degani which ended in them being forced out of their political party for actively peddling Israeli propaganda on Twitter and for endorsing her husbands seminars advising Israeli businesses to come here and take advantage of our governments policies on Multinationals.
Unlike alot of the western predominantly white christian countries Ireland is a former colony and we have a storied past in solidarity with the people of Palestine. The very people that were used to oppress us during our final days as a colony of the british crown, The Black and Tans, were redeployed to Palestine as a matter of fact and are apart of the foundation of the IOF. we identify with the Palestinian cause. Money won't change that.
To be quiet frank about it, the majority of people in ireland are annoyed our government hasn't officially recognized Palestine as a country by now and that we still indulge the israeli ambassadors ramblings when they should've been removed from the country.
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u/Deadpoulpe May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24
Countries with a history of colonialism (be it classical or neo) have much more empathy to the Palestinian cause.
Algeria for example, they stood with Palestine since 1962, the year of their independence from the French occupation and are one of their best allies despite the distance.
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u/Effective-Potato0 May 16 '24
Bangladesh too it seems, bombed and maimed their way into independence and now are the fiercest Palestine supporters in South Asia.
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u/smemes1 May 16 '24
There’s also the fact that Ireland simply isn’t influential enough to be overly concerned with bribing.
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u/AdamOfIzalith May 17 '24
Ireland, in the context of geopolitics, is the one lad everyone's friends with. It's not essential to be friends with them but at the same time being on bad terms with them is a really bad look.
Irelands position within geopolitics revolves less around military power and more around it's relationships with other countries and it's influence in the market as one of the highest educated workforces in the world with an incredibly low corporation tax, for better or for worse.
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u/Stubbs94 May 16 '24
Because Irish politicians are the fun type of corrupt, not the genocide supporting type of corrupt.
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u/Doveen May 16 '24
Because as nice ireland is, they are wholly inconsequential in world politics.
You wont bother bribing a peasent levy when you have a hundred knights in your pocket
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u/ihatebamboo May 16 '24
And yet the US has made it clear that unless the UK finds suitable agreements with Ireland over northern Irish trading, then the UK will get no trade deals.
So even the tiny British part of Ireland is important.
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u/Doveen May 16 '24
suitable agreements
That is a very malleable and subjective measure.
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u/ihatebamboo May 16 '24
Used to pressure the UK (successfully) into implementing an acceptable Brexit approach for Ireland/NI.
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u/sudokuma May 16 '24
Why waiting ? Recognize today...you have that freedom.
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u/ladansemacabre7 May 16 '24
That’s not how it works.. they are clearly saying they recognise Palestine. But official recgnition is a process.
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u/Cannon_Fodder888 May 17 '24
But which Government are they going to support and deal with diplomatically. You have Fatah in the West Bank or Hamas in Gaza ?
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u/larberthaze May 17 '24
It's crazy in Ireland on on hand they have sympathy for people in gaza, but chase and beat up many Muslim asylum seekers.
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u/April_Fabb May 16 '24
Will the adamantium-coated gonads of the Irish inspire the Scots to follow their lead?
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u/Usernameoverloaded May 16 '24
You mean the UK as Scottish foreign policy is based out of Westminster.
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