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Barbados To Recognize Palestine as State (www.telesurenglish.net)

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Barbados indicated on Friday its intention to recognise Palestine as an independent State says Minister of Foreign Affairs Kerrie Symmonds in talks that according to the official started in September last year. ⠀

The FM said there is an incongruity and inconsistency because "how can we say we want a two-state solution if we do not recognise Palestine as a state?” ⠀

The Palestine State recognition it is expected to be very welcomed by the local pro-Palestinian campaign group, the Caribbean Against Apartheid in Palestine (CAAP), which has been pushing for Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who has previously condemned the genocide in Gaza, to do more to stop the Israeli siege.

Declared a state by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) in November 1988, and accepted as a UN non-member observer state in 2012, the State of Palestine has so far been recognised by 140 of the UN’s 193 member states.

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[–] match@pawb.social 59 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I now know exactly two things about Barbados, and the other things is that they unrecognized the British monarchy two years ago

[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

Everything I know about Barbados involves limbo competitions in the year 3,000...

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Here's a third one: They have a Welcome Stamp visa program where you can work remotely from there for a year, and it's renewable. You can even bring your family. Under this program you only pay income tax on your country of origin.

[–] match@pawb.social 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know three things about Barbados :3

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Have a fourth one: Infamous pirate, Bartholomew Roberts, hated Barbadosians so much he even put this on his flag.

[–] PiratePanPan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

And here's a fifth: Rihanna is from Barbados.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Based