Israel criticises Ireland move to recognise Palestinian state as 'pawn in the hands of Iran'
Security forces and emergency personnel deploy at a site hit by rockets fired from southern Lebanon in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona near the Lebanese border, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Ireland 's government was expected on Wednesday to move toward formally recognising a Palestinian state, media reports said.
The Israeli foreign ministry posted a video message addressed to Ireland on the social media platform X warning that"recognising a Palestinian state risks turning you into a pawn in the hands of Iran and Hamas", adding the move would"only fuel extremism and instability". Recognizing a Palestinian state will lead to more terrorism, instability in the region and jeopardize any prospects for peace.For decades, the formal recognition of a Palestinian state has been seen as the endgame of a peace process between Palestinians and their Israeli neighbours.
In 2014, Sweden, which has a large Palestinian community, became the first EU member in western Europe to recognise Palestinian statehood.
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