.IT IS ACTUALLY A step to "carry peace halfway East", depending on to Simon Harris, Ireland's head of state. On Might 22nd his country, alongside Norway as well as Spain, stated that it would officially recognise Palestine as a state. Israel remembered its own emissaries coming from all three countries in reaction its overseas minister condemned the trio's decision as a "distorted measure" and said it was proof, in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct 7th, that "violence pays for". Ireland, Norway and Spain are participating in most of countries: nearly three-quarters of participants of the UN acknowledge Palestine. Just what does that way-- and also that are actually the holdouts?