Let’s atone for some extra feedback from the Irish PM, Simon Harris, in Dublin.
“From our own history, we know what it [recognition] means,” he says, regarding Eire’s self rule from Britain within the twentieth Century.
He describes the Hamas assault on 7 October as “barbaric”, and screams “again for all hostages to be immediately returned to the arms of their loved ones”.
“But let me also be clear, Hamas is not the Palestinian people. Today’s decision to recognise Palestine is taken to help create a peaceful future.
“A two-state resolution is the one approach out of the generational cycles of violence, retaliation and resentment…
“Just as Ireland’s recognition as a state eventually led to the establishment of our now peaceful republic, we believe that Palestinian statehood will contribute to peace and to reconciliation in the Middle East.”
