The Greek parliament, as expected, became the latest European legislative body to recommend recognition of a Palestinian state, adopting the measure in a nearly unanimous show of support on Tuesday.
The vote took place during a special parliamentary meeting attended by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who addressed the body afterward. Several other European parliaments, such as those in Britain, Ireland and France, have passed similar motions to this non-binding resolution.
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely responded quickly, issuing a statement saying that Abbas and the PA continue to choose unilateral steps to receive “recognition that has no practical significance.”
“Instead of Abu Mazen [Abbas] ending incitement and funding of terrorism, he goes on a twisted path that will lead him nowhere,” she said.
The move came amid a blooming of Israeli-Greek ties, with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu scheduled to meet twice with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras next month – once at a government-to-government meeting in Jerusalem, and the next day at a trilateral summit in Nicosia with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.
The Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported Monday that despite the move in parliament, Tsipras has indicated that recognising a Palestinian state was not on the immediate horizon.
“When the time is deemed to be right, Greece will make the necessary steps,” he said.
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