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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Actually, it's pretty important they are recognised.

Right now, Israel is de jure attacking 'nobody', obviously from a de facto pov, they are attacking the two 'states/cantons/provinces' of Palestine, but that isn't a recognised country.

Recognizing Palestine as a sovereign nation is incredibly important.

Sanctions against Israel are a lot easier to legislate when they're attacking a recognised country (and should be effective unlike Russian danctions, as Israel doesn't have Xi to lean on for support, their support base IS the west)

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

Yeah but they're usually not recognizing any territory with it.

Sanctions against Israel are already incredibly easy to legislate. Western countries simply refuse to do so.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 4 months ago

Palestine is a recognized country according to the UN.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

as Israel doesn't have Xi to lean on for support

yea, israel only has the unconditional support of the worlds largest and most influent economy, ruled by a guy who would die before sanctioning genocide…

not sure i see your point

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The west is more than USA.

Taco won't sanction Israel, no. But that doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The strongest countries of the west are also very pro israel though

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Israel is comitting a genocide, a conditional state recognition stripping even more right from palestinians has no wffect on how easy it is to sanction israel