By John V Whitbeck
THE EUROPEAN Parliament, after a late compromise in pursuit of consensus, passed on December 17, by a vote of 498 to 88 with 111 abstentions, a resolution stating that it “supports in principle recognition of Palestinian statehood and the two-state solution and believes these should go hand in hand with the development of peace talks, which should be advanced.”
This compromise language bypasses the fundamental question of when the State of Palestine should be recognised, using vague words whose imprecision neither those who genuinely wish to achieve a decent “two-state solution” (and thus support recognising Palestine now so …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
