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Sorry - has something changed with Crimea? Begrudging acceptance seems to be exactly where we're at....

• watoc 6y ago
  AFAIK very few countries have recognized Crimea as part of Russia. So my comment is still valid, most countries did not accept the annexion.
  • smachiz 6y ago
    but also haven't really done much about it right? We threw some sanctions on them... that appear to be fairly toothless.
  • slavak 6y ago
    No countries recognize Israeli claims to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and even the comparatively tame annexation of the Golan Heights is recognized by very few. That means, formally, Israeli actions in the OPT are even less accepted than Russia's annexation of Crimea. Practically, begrudging acceptance seems to be a very apt description, arguably of the latter even more so than the former.
    • watoc 6y ago
      Didn't the Trump administration declare that the settlements were not illegal? Palestine is not even fully recognized as an independent state. Besides the comparaison with Crimea, the point was that borders throughout history have been shaped by colonizations and invasions but that cannot be used to justify colonization itself.