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Ireland and Spain have followed Norway in announcing their recognition of a Palestinian state (www.dw.com)

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Norway, Spain, and Ireland will recognize an independent Palestinian stateas of May 28.

"There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition," Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said. "By recognizing a Palestinian state, Norway supports the Arab peace plan."

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, if you want we can argue semantics, but I think you get my point

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Actually this isn't a semantic argument.
As far as Spain is concerned there are factual de jure differences.

Despite a higher degree of autonomy, Catalonia has been part of Spain for a while now.
It seems they even accepted the Spanish constitution:

After Franco's death in 1975, Catalonia voted for the adoption of a democratic Spanish Constitution in 1978

Palestine (neither West Bank nor Gaza) on the other hand has never been part of Israel.