Pro-Palestine wave sweeps Caribbean as many recognize Palestinian statehood
Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have come forward to recognize Palestinian statehood amid a wave of pro-Palestine wave sweeping the Caribbean.
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Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have come forward to recognize Palestinian statehood amid a wave of pro-Palestine wave sweeping the Caribbean.
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On 19 April, 2024, amidst what Barbados’s Prime Minister Mia Mottley described as the world’s first televised genocide in Gaza, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds announced the intention of the Government to recognize the State of Palestine.
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has announced its decision to formally recognize the State of Palestine.
Jamaica’s formal recognition last week of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state is a profoundly moral decision that places the island on the right side of history.