Israel condemns Norway's upgrade of Palestinian standing in Oslo to 'diplomatic delegation'

Vatic Note: This is not the only country that is recognizing Palestine. Bolivia just announced its decision to recognize the country also by its 1967 borders and now they both join venezuela, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay; more than half of S. America. Its long past due and Brazil finally spoke up saying the US should not be taking the lead on this issue due to Israels' undue influence in this nation. I agree with them on that issue. They don't have influence here, they run the country. We better hurry up too, the settlers just burned a palestinian farmers sheep ALIVE  .... barbarians. Truly, who are these people anyway? They are not like any Russians I ever heard about.   Its about time the rest of the world put this issue to rest the way they have by recognizing them as a separate state.   

Israel condemns Norway's upgrade of Palestinian standing in Oslo to 'diplomatic delegation'
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-condemns-norway-s-upgrade-of-palestinian-standing-in-oslo-to-diplomatic-delegation-1.330976
Foreign Ministry official warns that Palestinians won't want to renew peace talks with Israel if they start attaining political goals without negotiations.
By Barak Ravid , Haaretz.com, Dec 16, 2010

Israel harshly condemned Norway on Thursday for upgrading the standing of the Palestinian representation in Oslo from a 'general delegation' to a 'diplomatic delegation'.

Naor Gilon, who heads the Western Europe division at the Foreign Ministry, summoned the Norwegian chargé d’affaires in Tel Aviv for a conversation, telling him the Norwegian move is not acceptable and is a step that will harm the peace process.

"If the Palestinians start thinking that they can achieve political accomplishments without negotiations with Israel, they will never renew peace talks," Gilon told the Norwegian diplomat.

The Norwegian envoy said that in contrast to media reports, Norway has not recognized a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders and the upgrading the standing of the Palestinian delegation in Oslo is simply a symbolic move without any practical consequences.

Over the past four months several countries have upgraded the standing of Palestinian representatives. The first country to have done so was none other than the United States. After the U.S., France, Spain, and Portugal also took similar steps. Despite this, the Foreign Ministry has yet to condemn these moves until now.


In the last two weeks more significant developments have occurred when several South American countries declared their recognition of a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders. The first was Brazil, and Argentina and Uruguay followed.

Bolivia is also expected to recognize an independent Palestinian state in the coming days, after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke with Bolivian President Evo Morales regarding the subject.

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