St. Louis Jewish Light · St. Louis, MO · 5 November 2014
CP-2014-071
Sweden recognizes Palestine, following up on new prime minister’s vow
Transcribed from the clipping
JERUSALEM — Sweden officially recognized the state of Palestine less than a month after its new prime minister said it would. The recognition, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said in a statement published Oct. 30 in the Dagens Nyheter daily, “is an important step that confirms the Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
Sweden’s traditionally close ties with the State of Israel are now complemented by an equal relationship to the other party.” Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in a statement called the move an “unfortunate decision which strengthens radical elements and Palestinian recalcitrance.” Seven European Union members already have recognized a Palestinian state.
They are Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland and Romania. Iceland also has done so.
How this transcription was made
Date and publication rest on the collector's slide label; no masthead, folio or printed dateline appears on this clipping. Filed under the archive’s spelling; the page prints “St Louis Jewish Light”.
Context added by this archive
A clean example of the brief-length pattern across this paper in the batch: a foreign official’s supportive statement is quoted at length, then an Israeli minister’s rebuttal closes the item. No Palestinian is quoted about the recognition of Palestine.
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"Sweden recognizes Palestine, following up on new prime minister’s vow," St. Louis Jewish Light, 5 November 2014. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2014-071. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2014-071
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