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Israeli diaspora minister says Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are not a real countries. (www.haaretz.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by heartbreaker@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Not really onion-y.

Lebanon literally has a foreign paramilitary group with considerabily political power controlling part of it's territory, so they are arguable not a fully sovereign state. And in the end statehood is not a clear definied concept and what really matter is recognition from other states. A state not recognition another for poltical reasons is not really something strange or absurd. That's pretty much the norm.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Can't belive i had to scroll to the bottom to find this.

Nothing he said is actually wrong, just missed that recognition is also a big part of it.

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