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The Irish people have long supported the Palestinian cause of liberation from the Israeli shackles of oppression. On Wednesday, Ireland, alongside Norway and Spain recognized the State of Palestine in a historic move. So why does Ireland support Palestine?

In a video statement, the second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Yolanda Diaz, said that the recognition of Palestine is not enough despite it being heroic. Diaz continued to say, "Palestine will be free from the river to the sea," a chant used by pro-Palestine protestors all over the world.

Colombia's Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo told journalists that President Gustavo Petro "has given the order that we open the Colombian embassy in Ramallah, the representation of Colombia in Ramallah, that is the next step we are going to take.” Murillo added, "The United Nations agreed, in the context of the Oslo Accords, that a two-state solution should be created and so if you need two states then obviously that requires Palestine to be recognized as a state.”

230 days of genocide. The Israeli occupation has brutally killed 35,800 Palestinians and injured 80,011 others. In the past 24 hours, the IOF committed nine massacres, which resulted in 91 martyrs and 21 wounded.

In a recent interview for Al Mayadeen, Richard Boyd Barrett, an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician, addressed the recent decision of the governments of Norway, Spain, and Ireland to officially recognize Palestine as a state.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon announced that its freedom fighters had targeted the newly established 91st Division headquarters at the Illit base with dozens of Katyusha (Grad) rockets. It said that the operation was carried out as a response to the assassination carried out by the enemy in Kfar Dajjal.

An Israeli drone targeted a car on the road to Kfar Dajjal in the Nabatieh district this morning, resulting in the martyrdom of a physics teacher. In addition to that, at least three children, en route to school, were injured and taken to a nearby hospital. Shortly after the aggression, the Lebanese Resistance announced that its fighters targeted the newly established 91st Division headquarters at the Illit base with dozens of Katyusha rockets, detailing that the operation was carried out as a response to the attack.

🚨 BREAKING | A source revealed to Al Mayadeen that the Haifa power station and gas reservoirs deep inside the Israeli occupation territories have been targeted by the Resistance in Iraq. Shortly after, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq published a video of the launch of al-Arqab cruise missiles toward vital targets in Haifa.

For four days now, Iranians have been mourning the loss of their President, Ebrahim Raisi, who tragically died in a helicopter crash on Sunday while en route to Tabriz, alongside Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others. On Thursday morning, millions marched through the eastern city of Birjand to pay their respects to the late President Raisi. As the last part of the funeral ceremony, President Raisi will be buried at the revered Imam Reza shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where he was born.

"He succeeded in breaking Iran from isolation." Tehran University Professor Mohammad Marandi talks on Al Mayadeen about former Iranian President Raisi's foreign policy achievements and his legacy.