Two out of five Germans are in favour of recognizing Palestinian statehood, according to the results of a representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute YouGov. According to the survey, 40% of respondents said that Germany should recognize Palestine as a state, while 27% were against and 33% did not say. In recent weeks, Norway, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia decided to recognize Palestine as a state, which triggered fierce protests from Israel. Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared a fortnight ago that the German government was not currently planning to recognize Palestine as a sepa…