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International recognition of Palestine (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 4 weeks ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Always the same map

[–] mononomi 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

What is even happening here, I feel like I'm missing a lot of context

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

context

In 2020, Jean-Yves Le Drian, then French minister of Europe and foreign affairs, justified France's abstention by condemning the Russian resolution at the UN as "a reductive discourse designed to divide Europeans by equating all opponents of Soviet forces with the Nazi regime

In the context of the war in Ukraine – and with Russia justifying its invasion, which began on 24 February, by the desire to "denazify" the country – many states that had previously abstained decided to vote against the resolution this year. This is the case for all the member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, except Turkey, which abstained.

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