23/09/2025 09:32
The Guardian
US president to address UN general assembly in New York after UK, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognised a Palestinian stateGaza’s health ministry has warned that fuel shortages could shut down the Gaza Strip’s remaining functioning hospitals by the end of the week.In a post to Telegram this morning, the ministry wrote:Only a few days separate us from hospital shutdowns due to fuel depletion in hospitals.The fuel shortage crisis in the remaining operational hospitals in the Gaza Strip has reached a critically dangerous stage.Recognition of the existence of a state rests on four criteria set out in the 1933 Montevideo convention: a permanent population, a defined territory, an ability to hold diplomatic relations with other nations, and a government. Even if some of those features are threatened or disputed – as in Palestine, where large parts are occupied and the government recognised by countries such as the UK has no real authority in Gaza – the state can still be recognised: in the end, doing so is a political choice. Continue reading...
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