The three-party coalition ruling Austria has a new point of friction: the recognition of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as the independent state of Palestine. On Friday afternoon, the federal party executive committee of the SPÖ unanimously approved a position paper with the somewhat unwieldy title: “For sustainable peace and security based on a two-state solution”. The content: Following the Canadian model, Austria should recognize Palestine after disarming and disempowering Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
