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.
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.
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.