Like it or not, 30% of the world’s countries identify as Muslim majority and part of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
None of those countries recognize Israel as a state.
Just because a bunch of countries believe (or don’t believe) something doesn’t make it a fact.
The statehood is all about recognization. Please check your favorite dictionary, e.g. mine says
state·hood /ˈstātˌho͝od/ the status of being a recognized independent nation.
When talking about such recognization, there are around 8 billion people living on earth today, out of that 8 billion real people, only about 1.5 billion (18%) living in countries that do not recognize the State of Palestine as a full sovereign state. a quick break down -
750 million living in Europe, almost the entire Europe refuses to recognize the State of Palestine. 450 million in North America 130 million in Japan 30 million in Australia & New Zealand 70 million in Thailand
When the vast majority of the human race recognize it as a state, when the statehood is all about recognization. It is a fact.
The recognition you point to from other countries, is, at its heart, political. Those other countries are Muslim majority and vehemently anti-Israel. Ignoring that political and religious bias is intellectually dishonest.
But, if you still maintain Palestine is indeed a state, please answer the following:
- when was its independence? - who is the leader? - what is its currency? - who are its main trade partners?
Israel is of course a state, it is a state established in 1948 and its border should thus remain in the shape and form of 1948.
> when was its independence?
15 November 1988 for declaring independence. 29 November 2012 for becoming an observer state of the United Nation General Assembly.
It becomes a fully recognized state when the UNGA observer state status was obtained after a formal vote by countries around the world. You are free to consider it as the consensus of the human race.
Ultimately, states don't have unanimous definitions and just relying on a dictionary definition is not sufficient.
Have a look at the wiki on it. They are a country.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of...