okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agoUK recognises Palestine as an independent statewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10
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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoIt is, but at the same time the lines on the map being slightly thicker doesn’t really do a lot for Gaza. It’s still going to be bombed to dust and bulldozed into the sea.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoIt’s easier to condemn one country attacking another country’s territory than a country carrying out attacks on it’s own. Basically, it turns the Gaza crisis from a domestic issue to an international issue.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoWe had no problem intervening in Serbia when they were doing the same thing though. Kosovo wasn’t it’s own country until years later. I suspect the key difference is Serbia was a Russian ally (although even they fell out over this) and Israel is a US outpost.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoRecognition means things like you don’t need to ask Israel to enter Palestinian territory.
It is, but at the same time the lines on the map being slightly thicker doesn’t really do a lot for Gaza.
It’s still going to be bombed to dust and bulldozed into the sea.
It’s easier to condemn one country attacking another country’s territory than a country carrying out attacks on it’s own. Basically, it turns the Gaza crisis from a domestic issue to an international issue.
We had no problem intervening in Serbia when they were doing the same thing though. Kosovo wasn’t it’s own country until years later.
I suspect the key difference is Serbia was a Russian ally (although even they fell out over this) and Israel is a US outpost.
Recognition means things like you don’t need to ask Israel to enter Palestinian territory.