What’s in the news?

• Norway, Ireland and Spain have announced that they will formally recognise the state of Palestine. 
• The European countries’ announcements come weeks after 143 of 193 countries in the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly voted for full membership to the U.N. for the State of Palestine. 
• Norway has been involved in peace talks between Israel and Palestine for decades, including by hosting the beginning of the Oslo process, which culminated in the Oslo Peace Accords in the early-mid 1990s, agreements that were meant to usher in a resolution to the conflict and a two state solution (two separate states, Israel and Palestine, living peacefully side by side on the land between the western bank of the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea).

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/norway-to-officially-recognise-palestinian-state-israel-recalls-ambassador/article68202927.ece