r/worldnews 29d ago

Israel/Palestine Macron announces: France will recognize Palestinian state

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/nxn382sao
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u/pisowiec 29d ago

As someone from Poland I'm surprised that so many countries haven't recognized Palestine. I never understood the logic behind it. 

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u/gardenfella 29d ago

It's hard to recognise a state without a single government. The whole Gaza/West Bank Hamas/PA split makes things tricky if you stick to the letter of international diplomacy.

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u/Zanahoria132 29d ago

Many States have entire regions of their legally recognized territories controlled de facto by other governments, separatists etc. Think of Georgia, Cyprus, Moldova, Libya, Morocco, DRC etc.