Portugal’s Parliament Calls to Recognize ‘Palestine’

INN ^ | 12/12/2014, 9:56 PM | Ben Ariel

[Olog-hai]

Portugal’s parliament on Friday adopted a resolution calling on the government to recognize the Palestinian state, following a growing number of similar votes around Europe.

Parliament’s motion, filed jointly by the ruling center-right majority and the opposition Socialist party, proposed “recognizing, in coordination with the European Union, the state of Palestine as independent and sovereign,” according to AFP.

However, Portugal’s Foreign Minister Rui Machete said after the vote the government “will choose the moment best suited” to recognize the Palestinian state. …

[Vendome]

Remind again why you guys were so proud in 1491 ???

[molson209]

Why not ,Obama is going to do the same

[Caipirabob]

Vai-se ferrar, pork-chops!

[Kenny Bunk]

I think Palestine should be recognized as the continuation of the Crusader Kingdom, whose present King is Juan Carlos de Borbón de España. It's a good fit. He's the Pretender to that throne, and the Palestinians are pretend-people from a pretend country.

Maybe a good European King can whip those goat buggering bomb throwers into some semblance of shape.

[Edward Teach]

I barely recognize Portugal...

[faithhopecharity]

let them “recognize” what ain’t there (never was there, and never will be there)

if they want to be damned fools, let them
(no stopping them anyway ...it must be some strong hallucinogen in the EU water these days?)

[HotHunt]

Are these people stupid or do they just want the people of the world to know how stupid they are?

The is no such thing as the Palestinian state. There never has been one.

Wanting it so does not make it so. Wishful thinking.