The State of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign nation by 146 countries, representing 75 percent of UN members.
None of the G7 countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom or the United States – do.
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The very idea that some groups of people are arbitrarily “recognized” and accorded extra privileges by the powerful and others are not is offensive to me.
There is a difference between nations and ethnicities, and there are many people whose homeland is ruled by others, or whose homeland is part of an amalgamation of different different ethnicities under the umbrella of a single nation. I’m pretty at least some of these countries that don’t recognize the country of Palestine recognize Palestinians as a distinct ethnicity.
None of that detracts from the general sentiments you raised, touches on whether or not Palestinians (or other ethnicities) should have their own nation, or excuses what I believe to be the Palestinian genocide being perpetrated by Israel.
In November 2023, the Mexican Senate passed a resolution calling on the Mexican executive to recognize Palestine and the State of Palestine upgraded the status of its delegation in Mexico from a “Special Delegation” to a full embassy. While Mexico was listed as having recognized Palestine in 2023 in documents circulated by the United Nations, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador clarified in May 2024 that Mexico had not yet officially recognized the State of Palestine. In October 2024, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum stated that a recognition of a Palestinian state was the right move to achieve peace.
I guess this is why Mexico is light green?
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No, they think it is people and land that belong to no nation and that the land needs to be annexed and the people need to be replaced.
So damn disgusted by our piece of shit Foreign Minister/former Prime Minister, the eternally corrupt Lars Løkke Rasmussen!
He’s flatly refusing to acknowledge the sovereignty of Palestine before it’s officially granted by Israel, the very fascist apartheid regime preventing it from BECOMING official! 🤬
Crazy how there is that many downvote for this. Seems we are getting infiltrated by zionists
I see four downvotes right now. 19 upvotes.
The percentage was at 64% when I checked it. Why would anybody downvote stats about a Palestinian state anyway?
I’m not a math genius, but I’m pretty sure that’s not 64%:
I checked the thread earlier than you. Of course the percentage will change
When you initially said were getting “infiltrated by Zionists,” there were 4 downvotes. Now there are 11.
There is no infiltration.
Did I said by how much?
“Infiltration” sure implies a lot. If you just meant that there are a handful of Zionists here, I’m not sure why that’s even a little surprising. There’s no rule here that you can’t support Israel even if it isn’t the right thing to do.
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Not too sure what you mean.
According to wiki 146 of the 193 United Nations (UN) member states have recognized the State of Palestine, including the ones you mention:
- Egypt recognised Palestine 18 November 1988
- Morocco on 15 November 1988
- Algeria on 15 November 1988
- Saudi Arabia 16 November 1988
They said with their actions.
Like Egypt cooperating with Israel on keeping the border with Gaza closed before Israel invaded.
Recognition just means formally acknowledging that a government exists, it does not imply any sort of cooperation.
For instance, the US recognizes North Korea and Iran but doesn’t cooperate with them, quite the opposite.
Allowing a genocide to continue and allowing Israel to invade and occupy that country they formally acknowledge exists, completely removing the government and taking it over as Israeli territory is a hell of a lot more than just refusing to cooperate.
But if all you care about is some performative political bullshit, I guess that’s fine. I care about complicity in genocide and the destruction of a nation.
I care about accurately summarizing what the OP is about, and it’s about countries that recognize Palestine. It has nothing to do with countries that support or even care the slightest about Palestinians.
But if all you care about is some performative political bullshit, I guess that’s fine.
It sounds like your problem is with the OP, which says 146 countries engage in performative bullshit.
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I suppose, one could argue that Arab countries could have applied efficient diplomatic pressure for a two-state solution if they cared enough to resolve this - decades ago. But I have the impression this would be only part of the story.
Another part is related to the West. The bottom line is that the Zionists are given weapons to commit a genocide in
GazaPalestine, and sustain an occupation for over 7 decades. This is related to the fact that Palestine is not recognised as a country by the US, Germany etc. As long as the traditional colonisers don’t sign these papers they will keep sending military equipement without repercussions internally or internationally.
Making decisions and recognizing a state are fundamentally different things though, right?
Recognition is a very specific thing where a nation formally acknowledges their existence as a state, which also affects their ability to e.g. make diplomatic agreements.
But doing so is totally separate from how you act toward that nation in practice.
Russia, for example, recognises Ukraine as a country (currently), but actively does not respect their right to self-determination or their internationally recognised borders. But it would be wrong to claim that they don’t recognise Ukraine, despite that.
I mean not denying their (our) responsibility, but that’s mostly because they’re bought and paid for by the US.
