The Austrian Greens don't support Palestinian statehood? What kind of right-wing GINOs are they?!
No, they do - in general. But they prefer to be a peace deal ahead of recognition, because they fear that otherwise it could further destabalize the situation there between ISR and PAL.
That's the ultimate moderate hero stance. In fact, the EU Parliament didn't vote a full recognition. It's conditioned to a pace deal to please EPP. Given that progress in conversations is highly unlikely with the current Israeli administration, the usual consensus making in the EP has brought a declaration of good intentions which is of no use. Bibi won't care, give it for granted.
Meanwhile, the European Union Court of Justice removed Hamas from their list of terror groups for "lack of evidence".
Edit: From what I understand, it's analogous to forgetting to Mirandize someone, except you get to try them over again for the same crimes.
True. Hamas was defined as a terrorist organisation by the EU on a very weak basis. According to the judges, the definition was not based on events considered by the EU authorities, only on factual charges provided by the press and the internet.
