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Jamaica’s formal recognition this week of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state is a profoundly moral decision that places the island on the right side of history.
Notably, Jamaica became the 140th of the 193 members of the United Nations to formally recognise the State of Palestine, and its action followed, by less than a week, a similar move by Barbados.
A dozen of the 14 independent members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have now taken this action, with the outliers being Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas. CARICOM’s other full member, the eastern Caribbean island of Montserrat, is an overseas territory of Britain, which has responsibility for its foreign policy. Montserrat, therefore, can’t independently recognise the State of Palestine.
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/...sing-palestine
This Government has been a disgrace on the Palestinian issue, part of its moral decadent modus operandi. This move came about from local and international pressure to follow , not lead.
Notably, Jamaica became the 140th of the 193 members of the United Nations to formally recognise the State of Palestine, and its action followed, by less than a week, a similar move by Barbados.
A dozen of the 14 independent members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have now taken this action, with the outliers being Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas. CARICOM’s other full member, the eastern Caribbean island of Montserrat, is an overseas territory of Britain, which has responsibility for its foreign policy. Montserrat, therefore, can’t independently recognise the State of Palestine.
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/...sing-palestine
This Government has been a disgrace on the Palestinian issue, part of its moral decadent modus operandi. This move came about from local and international pressure to follow , not lead.