All the countries which recognise Palestine: France and Belgium join list
French president Emmanuel Macron has said that he wants two states to be living side-by-side
France and Belgium have both followed Britain in committing to recognise Palestine as a state.
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Luxembourg, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and Malta were also among the nations to have pledged to recognise the nation at the United Nations' two-state solution summit in New York.
Emmanuel Macron followed on from Sir Keir Starmer in pledging to recognise Palestine, following Israel's continued attacks on Gaza.
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The French president said: "We want two states living side by side in peace and security to become a reality.
"However, currently Israel is further extending its military operation in Gaza with the stated objective of destroying Hamas, but there are hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced, injured, famished, traumatised."
The British prime minister said on Sunday night that the UK now recognises the state's provisional borders based on the 1967 lines, before Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Sir Keir said earlier in July that the UK would recognise a Palestinian state this month unless Israel takes steps to end the war in Gaza and announce a ceasefire - and this has not happened.
Australia and Canada have also followed on, despite Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling out the countries for what he described as rewarding the "terrorism" of armed Palestinian group Hamas.
Donald Trump is opposed to the idea and said during last week's state visit that the US would not recognise Palestine.
New Zealand is one of the few other developed nations to not have recognised it.
The UK has joined 27 nations in condemning the Israeli government for depriving Palestinians "of human dignity" as the situation worsens.
Sir Keir wrote: "Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine."
Mr Netanyahu responded by saying that Palestinian statehood "will not happen".
Here are all of the countries that have acknowledged Palestine as a state.
All the countries that recognise Palestine as a state
Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Republic of the Congo
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- East Timor (Timor-Leste)
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore (limited recognition)
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
Europe
- Albania
- Andorra (as of September)
- Armenia
- Belarus
- Belgium (as of September)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- France (as of September)
- Georgia
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Luxembourg (as of September)
- Malta (as of September)
- Monaco (as of September)
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- San Marino (as of September)
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- United Kingdom (as of September)
- Ukraine
Americas
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Nicaragua
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Oceania
- Australia
- Papua New Guinea
- Vanuatu