Israeli government agencies are fuming over the EU draft resolution, introduced by Sweden, that promises to recognize a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem “in due time.”
In reality, the EU has long extended de facto recognition to the Palestinian state, whose passports it accepts and with whom it maintains diplomatic relations. Since 1967 it has been clearly understood that the world won’t recognize East Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The EU, therefore, merely restates its position that East Jerusalem is an occupied territory.
In a world where France occupies Corsica and Russia occupies the Kuril Islands, Israel can continue occupying Jerusalem even if some Swedes think it belongs to Palestine.
