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Four European countries call for Palestine’s admission as a full member of the UN (news-tunisia.tunisienumerique.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/europa@lemmy.world

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Four European countries – Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, and Norway – called in a joint statement on Wednesday for Palestine's admission as a full member of the United Nations.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not sure what the point is. UN has been completely powerless to stop Russia's clearly illegal war. Israel at least has a reason to wage war, even if they've gone wildly overboard. Also, UN is the one who put Israel where it is.

[–] solo@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

Not sure what the point is.

It's pretty simple.

It's because Palestine was among former Ottoman territories placed under UK administration by the League of Nations in 1922. All of these territories eventually became fully independent States, except Palestine [source: UN 1917 – 1947: British mandate].

Israel at least has a reason to wage war, even if they've gone wildly overboard.

It is called a Genocide

Also, UN is the one who put Israel where it is.

Yes, and Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 147 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, or just over 75% of all UN members. So it makes sense for Palestine to have a full membership.