Comment on UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
About time.
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.
Recognition means things like you don’t need to ask Israel to enter Palestinian territory.
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.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
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.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Recognition means things like you don’t need to ask Israel to enter Palestinian territory.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
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.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
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.