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Wednesday 19 Nov 2014 - 10:02 Makkah mean time-26-1-1436  Madrid (IINA) – Spanish parliament on Tuesday passed a non-binding motion, calling the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to recognize the Palestinian state.
The symbolic motion was adopted nearly unanimously in the lower house of parliament, with 319 in favor, two against and one abstention.
“The only message we want to send tomorrow is to Israel and to Palestine: you both should sit down and work together and look for a way out in this moment, when everything is blocked,” Spanish parliamentarian Trinidad Jimenez, who spearheaded the initiative, said earlier Tuesday.
Last month, British and Irish lawmakers approved similar motions, calling on their governments to recognize Palestine.
Sweden government went a step further and officially recognized a Palestinian state on October 30, prompting a strong protest from Israel, which swiftly withdrew its ambassador from Stockholm.
Last week, French government said the National Assembly will vote on November 28 on a largely symbolic resolution in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state, hoping it could help end the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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