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Iceland–Palestine relations refers to the relations between Iceland and the Palestine. Iceland was the first Western European country to recognise the independence of Palestine. Full diplomatic relations exist between the two states. Iceland's representative to Palestine is a non-resident based at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Reykjavík, while Palestine's ambassador to Iceland is also a non-resident based in Oslo, Norway. ==Background== Iceland has had the NGO The Association Iceland-Palestine (Félagið Ísland-Palestína) since 1987. According to its website, the association 'supports the Palestinian struggle against occupation and refugees’ right of return'. On May 18, 1989, the Icelandic parliament resolved to endorse the Association’s major goals, including both Israel’s right to existence and the claim of Palestinians to nationhood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Palestina.is - " Um Félagið Ísland-Palestína Ísland – Palestína )〕 Prominent Palestinian Icelanders include: * Salmann Tamimi, the head of the Icelandic Muslim Association, who came to Iceland in 1971.〔http://www.grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/REVERSING-HISTORY; http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1260154/; http://bleikt.pressan.is/lesa/stundum-vildi-eg-ad-folk-myndi-fraedast-adur-en-thad-talar-og-skrifar/〕 * Salmann's sister〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=lífsreynsla - amal.blog.is )〕 Amal Tamimi, 'a Palestinian who came to Iceland in 1995 as a stateless person', who is the second foreign-born person (and the first foreign-born woman) to sit in the Icelandic parliament (a substitute for Lúdvík Geirsson in 2011 and for Katrín Júlíusdóttir in 2012).〔Guðni Thorlaicus Jóhannesson, ''The History of Iceland'' (Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2013), http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Elh1oH6ESSIC& (p. 138); http://icelandreview.com/news/2011/11/04/first-foreign-born-woman-joins-icelands-parliament; http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/09/17/amal_tamimi_tekur_saeti_a_althingi/〕 * Amal's daughter Falasteen Abu Lidbeh, who in 2008 became the first immigrant elected to Reykjavík City Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mother and daughter from Palestine elected to local governments )〕 * The poet Mazen Maarouf, who came to Iceland in 2011 through the International Cities of Refuge Network and in 2013 was offered Icelandic citizenship; much of his work has been translated into Icelandic.〔''Ekkert nema Strokleður'', trans. by Aðalsteinn Ásberg, Kári Tulinius og Sjón (Dimma, 2013).〕 In 2008, Iceland received 29 Palestinian refugees from the refugee camp at Al-Waleed in Iraq; their experiences were chronicled in particular by Sigríður Víðis Jónsdóttir.〔''Ríkisfang: ekkert : flóttinn frá Írak á Akranes'' (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2011); cf. http://www.unhcr.org/48c0fefe2.html〕 The arrival prompted negative reactions from a few Icelandic politicians, which Bergljót Soffía Kristjánsdóttir has interpreted as an example of rising xenophobia in Iceland.〔For a survey see Bergljót Soffía Kristjánsdóttir, ' "Ég get ekkert sagt." Skáldskapur og hrun', ''Ritið: Tímarit Hugvísindastofnunar'', (2011/2), 53--66 (p. 63, esp. fn 21).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iceland–Palestine relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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