Australia rejects recognition of a Palestinian state

Denmark, too, recently voted against recognising “Palestine.”

“We cannot recognise an independent Palestinian state, for the sole reason that the preconditions are not really there,” Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in April when the bill was first introduced.

Earlier in May, a coalition of nine states led by the United States voted against a resolution in the United Nations seeking to give the Palestinian Authority, which currently has observer status, full membership in the international body.

Joining the United States were Israel, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Argentina, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Palau and Nauru.

To date, 145 countries have recognised “Palestine,” including just this week Spain, Norway and Ireland.