Palestine Recognition as a State

On May 28th, 2024, Norway, Spain, and Ireland became the latest nations to recognize the state of Palestine, bringing the total to 145 countries.

Key Points

Israel’s war in Gaza since the 7^th October 2023 attack has reignited a global push for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Middle East, African and Asian countries are recognizing it as a state.
The United States, Canada, most of western Europe, Australia, Japan or South Korea not recognizing it as a state.
Australia, Malta and Slovenia have expressed “readiness” to recognize it as a state.
In April 2024, the United States vetoed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member state at the UN Security Council.
On 15^th November 1988, during the first Palestinian uprising, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unilaterally proclaimed an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Algeria became the first country to officially recognise an independent Palestinian state.
In November 2012, the Palestinian flag was raised at the United Nations for the first time after the General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to upgrade Palestine's status to "non-member observer state."
1n 2014, Sweden became a first EU nation to recognize as a state.