Al Jazeera Podcasts.

Hi, this is Saril Khalili, a senior producer at the take, coming to you with another take, where we resurface stories from the archives.

This week, Ireland was one of three EU countries to announce recognition of a Palestinian state,

joining more than 140 countries around the world that have already done so.

In 2021, after another escalation of violence at that time, Ireland recognized what it called Israel's de facto annexation of Palestinian land,

an obstacle to a future independent state of Palestine, one of many.

Here's our episode from May 2021 looking at a few more.

All dates and references are from that time.

In Israel and Palestine, the dust from the latest escalation of violence is settling,

but the political landscape is still in flux. A new alliance of Israeli politicians

has struck a deal that could see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of power for the first time

in 12 years. But things are shifting on the international stage too.

Ireland's government has supported a parliamentary motion

criticizing what's being described as Israel's de facto annexation of Palestinian land.

Here's John Brady from the Irish Parliament on May 26.

We will become the first European country to formally acknowledge that the crime of annexation has taken place.

And while the EU has talked about the need for Israel to avoid the red line of annexation,

we have the potential to bring Europe over that line.

If Palestinians are living on annex land, it means they're living inside Israel,

without the rights of citizens, as opposed to the land of a future Palestinian state.

The two-state solution has been conventional wisdom for a generation.

Does Ireland's move show that reality is intruding on the international consensus?

...