Wednesday, December 03, 2014


FRANCE LAWMAKERS VOTE 339-151 IN SUPPORT OF RECOGNIZING PALESTINE

Following similar votes in several other European countries including Spain, the United Kingdom and the senate of Ireland, the French parliament has voted in support of recognizing Palestine.

339 French lawmakers voted in support of recognizing Palestine and 151 against.

The vote doesn't officially bind the government - which has talked about recognizing Palestine unilaterally only if yet another future round of peace negotiations would fail - but shows that even the politicians in European Union countries are following their voters in finally supporting the occupied against the occupier instead of hiding behind the endless calls of more "peace talks" which just buy more time for Israel to build more illegal settlements on occupied land.

This vote will encourage politicians in other countries to follow and the next step will be governments officially adopting these non-binding resolutions and making them official, as Sweden has done.

Sources:

En direct : le vote sur la reconnaissance de la Palestine

French lawmakers vote in favour of symbolic motion to recognise Palestine as state

French MPs vote to recognize Palestine as a state

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