Biden administration actively censoring the word "Palestine" just like the New York Times

2 years ago by Linkerbaan to c/videos

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appear to go out of thei...

Palestine literally doesn't exist in the Biden admininstration

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astraeus 66 points 2 years ago

This is literally because the US does not officially recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. If they were to call it Palestine, they would be undermining the government’s stance. That doesn’t mean they agree with it, in fact her slipping on it could be a sign she personally disagrees with the government’s stance. However the feds have never formally recognized it as a state and for them to do so publicly would put their jobs in jeopardy.

Not agreeing with any of it, just wanted to make sure the reason this is happening is clear.

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Linkerbaan 16 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the clarification, I didn't realize we were doing the "Taiwan is Greater China" thing as well.

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evatronic 11 points 2 years ago

It's worth noting that the US does recognize the Palestinian National Authority as the leader of the Palestinian territories, and the Palestinian Libertarian Organization as the leader of the Palestinian people

It's just the country "Palestine" that is not recognized.

Wikipedia sums it up well:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

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astraeus 4 points 2 years ago

It was a nice laugh to see China as one of the countries which officially recognizes Palestine as a sovereign state.

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