.IT IS An action to "bring peace halfway East", according to Simon Harris, Ireland's prime minister. On Might 22nd his country, alongside Norway and Spain, claimed that it will formally acknowledge Palestine as a condition. Israel remembered its ambassadors from all three countries in reaction its overseas official put down the trio's decision as a "distorted measure" and also claimed it was evidence, following Hamas's strike on Israel on October 7th, that "terrorism pays out". Ireland, Norway and Spain are actually joining most of nations: practically three-quarters of members of the UN recognise Palestine. What exactly carries out that method-- and who are the holdouts?