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14 Dec, 2014

Portugal’s parliament calls for recognition of Palestinian state – Haaretz

The Portuguese parliament passed a resolution Friday recommending that the government recognize a Palestinian state, the portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã reported.

Only nine members of the 230-member Assembly of the Republic voted against the resolution, which was jointly sponsored by the country’s three largest parties: Social Democratic Party, the People’s Party (both right-wing parties despite their names), and the Socialist Party.

The resolution called on Portugal’s government to “recognize, in coordination with the European Union, the State of Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, in accordance with the principles of international law,” Correio da Manhã reported.

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