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Sweden Gives Recognition To Palestinians - New York Times Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:01:13 GMT

ABC News

Sweden Gives Recognition To Palestinians New York Times JERUSALEM — The Swedish government on Thursday officially recognized a state of Palestine, as the new prime minister, Stefan Lofven, ignored Israeli protests and followed through on a pledge he made at his inauguration this month. The Swedish Foreign ... Sweden Recognizes Palestine, Drawing Sharp Israeli CriticismNPR (blog) Sweden recognizes state of PalestineAl-Arabiya Sweden Recognizes Palestinian State; Israel UpsetABC News NBCNews.com all 569 news articles »

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Sweden recognises state of Palestine - Aljazeera.com Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:20:31 GMT

Sweden recognises state of Palestine Aljazeera.com Sweden has officially recognised the state of Palestine, Stockholm's foreign minister has said, less than a month after the government announced its intention to make the unprecedented move. The Palestinians cheered Thursday's move, while Israel ...

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Sweden Becomes the First EU Member to Recognize a Palestinian State - TIME Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:43:23 GMT

Sweden Becomes the First EU Member to Recognize a Palestinian State TIME The Swedish government became the first E.U. member to officially recognize a Palestinian state on Thursday. Newly elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven first announced the move at his swearing-in ceremony on Oct. 3, but he was not expected to follow ...

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Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state, Israel recalls ambassador - RT Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:32:02 GMT

RT

Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state, Israel recalls ambassador RT Sweden has recognized the occupied state of Palestine officially, according to its foreign ministry. The Scandinavian has become the first West-European EU state to recognize the territories. Israel has recalled its ambassador in Sweden. The news ...

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Sweden recognises Palestinian state, draws Israeli anger - Yahoo News Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:32:56 GMT

Sweden recognises Palestinian state, draws Israeli anger Yahoo News Stockholm (AFP) - Sweden on Thursday officially recognised the state of Palestine, becoming the first major European country to do so, in a move hailed as "historic" by Palestinians but denounced by Israel.

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Sweden set to officially recognize Palestinian state - Jerusalem Post Thu, 30 Oct 2014 07:15:03 GMT

Sweden set to officially recognize Palestinian state Jerusalem Post Wallstrom said despite the fact that Palestinian authorities did not have full control of their land and the country did not have fixed borders, Palestine fulfilled the criteria in international law for recognition. "Together with other European ...

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Palestine recognized as state by Sweden - The Local.se Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:30:55 GMT

The Local.se

Palestine recognized as state by Sweden The Local.se The UN General Assembly approved the recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state in 2012, but the European Union and most western countries do not refer to Palestine as a separate state. Wallström pre-empted her announcement in a debate article in ...

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Sweden becomes first EU country to recognise the Palestinian State - euronews Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:46:16 GMT

euronews

Sweden becomes first EU country to recognise the Palestinian State euronews The 130 other nations that already recognise a Palestinian State include Hungary, Slovakia and Poland although these three countries took this step before joining the EU. Thursday's declaration was not unexpected; newly-elected Swedish Prime Minister ...

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European recognition of Palestine will save the two-state solution - Haaretz Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:26:22 GMT

Haaretz

European recognition of Palestine will save the two-state solution Haaretz To recognize the State of Palestine on the 1967 border is a moral step that should be taken by all states that claim to support the two-state solution. It is an investment in peace that sends the right message to both Israelis and Palestinians. To ...

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UN council to meet on latest Israel-Palestine tensions - Reuters Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:40:19 GMT

Reuters

UN council to meet on latest Israel-Palestine tensions Reuters 1 of 2. A labourer stands on an apartment building under construction in a Jewish settlement known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim, in an area of the West Bank that Israel captured in a 1967 war and annexed to the city ...