Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s...
by smachiz on Monday March 08, 2021 @10:16AM
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Sorry - has something changed with Crimea? Begrudging acceptance seems to be exactly where we're at....
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Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s...
by watoc on Monday March 08, 2021 @10:33AM
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AFAIK very few countries have recognized Crimea as part of Russia. So my comment is still valid, most countries did not accept the annexion.
Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s...
by slavak on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:49PM
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No countries recognize Israeli claims to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and even the comparatively tame annexation of the Golan Heights is recognized by very few.
That means, formally, Israeli actions in the OPT are even less accepted than Russia's annexation of Crimea. Practically, begrudging acceptance seems to be a very apt description, arguably of the latter even more so than the former.
Re:Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via s...
by watoc on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:00PM
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Didn't the Trump administration declare that the settlements were not illegal? Palestine is not even fully recognized as an independent state.
Besides the comparaison with Crimea, the point was that borders throughout history have been shaped by colonizations and invasions but that cannot be used to justify colonization itself.