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Palestine is recognised as a state by a majority of the free world. That is an undeniable fact.

rfrey 11y ago
According to Wikipedia, there are many states which do not recognize Palestine, including: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. There are many states that do recognize Palestine, but I don't think you can claim a "majority of the free world" does. Edit: Countries in my obviously-subjective "free world" bucket that do recognize Palestine include Sweden, Iceland, Belize, South Africa, Hungary, India, and Turkey. Edit 2: I seem to be gathering disapproval, possibly because representatives of a majority of the world's population do indeed recognize Palestine. I was responding to the claim that "a majority of the free world" has recognized Palestine. Whether "the free world" is a useful designation is certainly debatable, but that was the claim in the parent post.
- rdtsc 11y ago
  > I don't think you can claim a "majority of the free world" does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_t... --- Of the 193 member states of the United Nations, 136 (70.5%) have recognised the State of Palestine as of 14 September 2015. Their total population is over 5.5 billion people, equaling 80 percent of the world's population.[85] T --- Not sure what you think a majority is, but where I come from more 50% makes a majority... Or are you trying to say that most countries are not part of the free world. "But what is a free world?" One might ask. Well "the states that happen to play along with my agenda, of course". The rest are obviously non-free or somehow compromised ;-)
- FireBeyond 11y ago
  Most of the states that do not recognize Palestine are prominent US allies. The US has a history of vetoing any anti-Israel resolution at the UN, however valid or justified it may be. I think it's more accurate or fair to categorize those countries in this case as being motivated by "alliances", rather than "freedom".
  - Papirola 11y ago
    you may want to check the UN record: http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meiseuXAFN1rrc9xqo1_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meiseuXAFN1rrc9xqo1_1280.j... for reference

rfrey 11y ago

According to Wikipedia, there are many states which do not recognize Palestine, including: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. There are many states that do recognize Palestine, but I don't think you can claim a "majority of the free world" does. Edit: Countries in my obviously-subjective "free world" bucket that do recognize Palestine include Sweden, Iceland, Belize, South Africa, Hungary, India, and Turkey. Edit 2: I seem to be gathering disapproval, possibly because representatives of a majority of the world's population do indeed recognize Palestine. I was responding to the claim that "a majority of the free world" has recognized Palestine. Whether "the free world" is a useful designation is certainly debatable, but that was the claim in the parent post.

rdtsc 11y ago
> I don't think you can claim a "majority of the free world" does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_t... --- Of the 193 member states of the United Nations, 136 (70.5%) have recognised the State of Palestine as of 14 September 2015. Their total population is over 5.5 billion people, equaling 80 percent of the world's population.[85] T --- Not sure what you think a majority is, but where I come from more 50% makes a majority... Or are you trying to say that most countries are not part of the free world. "But what is a free world?" One might ask. Well "the states that happen to play along with my agenda, of course". The rest are obviously non-free or somehow compromised ;-)
FireBeyond 11y ago
Most of the states that do not recognize Palestine are prominent US allies. The US has a history of vetoing any anti-Israel resolution at the UN, however valid or justified it may be. I think it's more accurate or fair to categorize those countries in this case as being motivated by "alliances", rather than "freedom".
- Papirola 11y ago
  you may want to check the UN record: http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meiseuXAFN1rrc9xqo1_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meiseuXAFN1rrc9xqo1_1280.j... for reference