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This Wednesday morning, Norway, Ireland and Spain separately announced that they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic move as the conflict in the Gaza Strip continues, after Israel launched an unprecedented attack against the population of the enclave in a war against the extremist group Hamas.
Given this, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the country's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, welcomed the news of the recognition of the State of Palestine by these three countries, and called on the Biden administration to stop blocking that nation's full membership in the United Nations.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad, who is of Palestinian descent, said that "the full entry of the State of Palestine into the community of nations is long overdue and should not be subject to veto by our government or the far-right, openly racist and genocidal Israeli government."
He also said that all major Israeli leaders have made it very clear that they will never voluntarily accept the State of Palestine or recognize its population.