[jeroenhd]

I must say I'm pleasantly surprised by the way Europe voted on this resolution. There aren't many European states that recognise the state of Palestine, but it seems that at the very least the Palestinian people themselves have some diplomatic support.

I wonder what drove Micronesia and Nauru to vote against the resolution rather than stay out of it.

[eynsham]

> There aren’t many European states that recognise the state of Palestine.

Malta, Serbia, Albania, Cyprus, Czechia, Slovakia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, and Sweden do.

[defrost]

WRT Nauru the answer of least resistance is dark.

The largest "industry" on Nauru was the processing of Australian offshore immigration seekers, a sordid business that has closed one end of the pipe and is now winding down leaving the facilities and the private security company looking for money.

I would not be suprised if the promise of future USofA offshore processing of US Asylum seekers (come to US|Mexico border seeking asylum? Get sent to a Pacific Island to wait) has influenced the vote in Nauru.

[xeckr]

I assume bribes.