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The government of South Korea does not recognize the State of Palestine; however, it has a representative office in Ramallah. [333] Yes: G20 Switzerland: Switzerland does not recognize Palestine as an independent state but voted in favor of granting it a non-member observer status at the UN in November 2014.
Palestine, [i] officially the State of Palestine, [ii] [e] is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia recognized by 146 out of 193 UN member states.It encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories, within the broader geographic and historical Palestine region.
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) had been recognized as "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people," competent on all matters concerning the question of Palestine by the UN General Assembly in addition to the right of the Palestinian people in Palestine to national independence and sovereignty, and was granted observer status at the UN General Assembly as a "non-state ...
Hellyer added that Israel risks becoming an “international pariah” given that Western nations are now beginning to recognize a Palestinian state. Israel captured Gaza from Egypt in the 1967 ...
But the U.S. does not formally recognize a Palestinian state. Netanyahu has repeatedly maintained that the recognition of Palestinian statehood in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, in which ...
Spain, Ireland and Norway said Wednesday that they would recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, a step toward a long-held Palestinian aspiration that came amid international outrage over the ...
The remaining UN member states, including Israel, do not recognise the State of Palestine. The United Nations designates the claimed Palestinian territories as "occupied" by Israel, [56] and accorded Palestine non-member observer state status in 2012 [57] (see United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19).
After 2011, the PLO's diplomatic effort focused on the Palestine 194 campaign, which aims to gain membership for the State of Palestine in the United Nations. In November 2012, the State of Palestine was accepted as a non-member observer state of the UN General Assembly with the passing of United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19. [2] [3]