Sweden ‘Palestine’ Recognition Part of a Trend?

Sweden’s decision to recognize a “Palestinian state” – and similar noises being made elsewhere in Europe – does not pose a direct diplomatic or legal threat to Israel, but could be a sign of a shift towards a “more unconditional” position in support of the Palestinian position in Europe in general, according to an expert on European Middle East policy.

 

Dr. Jonathan Rynhold, a senior researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, emphasized to Arutz Sheva that although the move was purely symbolic it gave a glimpse into what the Palestinian Authority hoped to achieve with its current unilateral diplomatic strategy – which its leader Mahmoud Abbas has termed a “political war”.

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