| RageBot said: There is no Palestinian state, that's a fact. The Israeli attack on the Gaza strip was a retaliation, after the city of Sderot was bombarded with rockets for months, if not years, show me any other country in the world that is as capable as Israel, and would kill less than 1,000 innocents (if not far more than that) in a dense urban zones, after being bombarded for so long. If Hamas would stop firing rockets on Israel, and agree to the terms that Israel offers, for establishing a Palestinian state (recognising Israel's right to exist, and recognising it as an existing state), Israel could remove all of the blockades, and never lay a single finger on the Palestinians. But, you do know the fact that Hamas' goal is destroying Israel (and probably all Jews), right? They stated is several times, and they get military support (via smuggled weapons and ammunition) from Iran and Hezbolla, right? |
Not fact. Debatable. From Wiki (with a decent number of references):
States recognising the State of Palestine
The exact number of countries recognizing the State of Palestine is unknown, due to the equivocal nature of many official statements of acknowledgment.[130]. Many countries have a standing policy against making formal declarations that recognize new governments instead indicating their recognition of a state by doing business with its government.[82] Francis Boyle, legal advisor to the PLO, assisted the organization in drafting the 1988 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Palestine. At that time, the United States was using its Foreign Assistance Act and other measures to discourage other countries and international organizations from extending recognition.[131] According to one author, by 1988, more than 100 countries had recognized Palestine.[132] Boyle reported in 1990 that the number was 114 states.[72] In 2005, Anat Kurz reported that 117 United Nations member states had formally recognised the state of Palestine as a sovereign state.[133] In 2010, the PA Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, estimated the number at several dozens.[134]
After the election victory of Hamas, some governments took steps to oppose countries that supported the new Palestinian authorities, and once again imposed
EDIT: Crap, Table didn't copy. Here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine#Gaza_Strip
