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1. Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:57 JST Patricia Aas

   "Israel says it's recalls ambassadors from Ireland and Norway over recognition of a Palestinian state"
   https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/22/norway-palestinian-state/7eafc372-1806-11ef-97db-d9db0c732407_story.html

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:54 JST Patricia Aas

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     What it does express (perhaps indirectly) is that the “wait and see and hope” policy Norway has been doing for decades has failed.That we are further away from peace now than we were 30 years ago. So this is just a different expression of Norways constant hope for a peaceful and prosperous coexistence for the both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:54 JST Patricia Aas

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     What might not be well known internationally is that Norway has been deeply involved in mediating and facilitating official and unofficial peace talks in this conflict going back decades. They are after all called the “Oslo accords”:
     
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_I_Accord

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_II_Accord

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:55 JST Patricia Aas

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     The formal date for the recognition of a Palestinian state is May 28th.

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:55 JST Patricia Aas

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     “Norway is a friend of Israel and Norway is a friend of Palestine”

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:55 JST Patricia Aas

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     Reading some of the reactions to this internationally I feel some folks are missing the point. Norway isn’t expressing support for Hamas or animosity towards Israel. Norway is saying that the Palestinian people should have democratic, lawful, self determination within a state of their own. And so should the Israeli people. This isn’t about any faction. This is a hope for a future.

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:56 JST Patricia Aas

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     The Norwegian prime minister speaking about the background of this decision, in Norwegian.
     https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/eMKWzM/norge-anerkjenner-palestina-som-stat

   • Patricia Aas (patricia@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:22:56 JST Patricia Aas

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     The Norwegian government is hoping that this will support moderate forces and build up under a two state solution.