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Recognising Palestinian statehood opens another question - who would lead it?
Palestine is a state recognized by over 150 UN member states, including all five permanent members of the UN Security Council, but the USA. Its territories include Israel-occupied the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem, and also Israeli-destroyed Gaza. Since 2007, Gaza has been ruled by Hamas, and the West Bank by the Palestinian Authority or PA. On October 7, 2023, Hamas led an attack on southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, which triggered Israel’s brutal aggression against Gaza. The Israeli military has destroyed the entire area and killed thousands of civilians with bombs and starvation. Why is Palestine still not recognized by all UN member states, even though it has a permanent population and has its own representatives to the UN? So far, Palestine hasn’t agreed on final borders. Also, the lack of a functioning government makes it difficult to be recognized. Even among the G7 members, the UK, France, and Canada have recently recognized Palestine, but the USA, Japan, Germany, and Italy have not. In the meantime, the US administration plans to sell six billion dollars in weapons to Israel.
Read the article and learn about the historical background of recognizing Palestine as a state.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c930dlxnee4o
Recognising Palestinian statehood opens another question - who would lead it?
Palestine is a state recognized by over 150 UN member states, including all five permanent members of the UN Security Council, but the USA. Its territories include Israel-occupied the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem, and also Israeli-destroyed Gaza. Since 2007, Gaza has been ruled by Hamas, and the West Bank by the Palestinian Authority or PA. On October 7, 2023, Hamas led an attack on southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, which triggered Israel’s brutal aggression against Gaza. The Israeli military has destroyed the entire area and killed thousands of civilians with bombs and starvation. Why is Palestine still not recognized by all UN member states, even though it has a permanent population and has its own representatives to the UN? So far, Palestine hasn’t agreed on final borders. Also, the lack of a functioning government makes it difficult to be recognized. Even among the G7 members, the UK, France, and Canada have recently recognized Palestine, but the USA, Japan, Germany, and Italy have not. In the meantime, the US administration plans to sell six billion dollars in weapons to Israel.
Read the article and learn about the historical background of recognizing Palestine as a state.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c930dlxnee4o
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