The Paris attacks occurred shortly after France announced that they intended to officially recognize Palestine as its own sovereign state. Netanyahu had ominously warned France that they were making a “grave mistake” in making their decision shortly before the Charlie Hebdo attacks and Paris shootings in the months following. Is it a coincidence that Brussels has become the latest victim of a terrorist attack by ISIS militants shortly before their parliament was also due to vote on whether or not to officially recognise Palestine? Jpost.com reports: Belgium is the next country likely to make some type of move toward recognizing “Palestine,” though it is not clear what form that recognition will take. There are three resolutions by opposition parties regarding the wording of a resolution, but no date has been set in parliament for a debate. According to reports in the Belgian press on Wednesday, the ruling coalition is trying to formulate its own resolution aimed at conditioning governmental recognition on certain conditions that will enable it to determine the right timing for such a move. For example, one version of the resolution says the parliament would call on the government to recognize a Palestinian state “at a time when it deems [...]