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Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the investiture debate at the Spanish Parliament on November 15, 2023 in Madrid, Spain.

The significance of the planned recognition of a Palestinian state by Ireland, Spain and Norway is largely symbolic, experts told Jewish Insider. 

The moves by the European countries are damaging “in terms of the message it sends – commit...

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