The decision was made by Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith, after a debate in the Jamaican government cabinet on Monday.

Jamaica now joins 11 other CARICOM states who recognise the State of Palestine:

Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname

In the wider Caribbean, Cuba & Dominican Republic also recognise Palestine - with Cuba being the first one to do so in 1988

  • @Addfwyn
    8•24 days ago

    Good on them and the other Caricom states. I think that brings the total count up to…142 abouts? So most of the world at this point.

    Sucks that my country still has not. Though we have been breaking more and more against the US, so maybe it is possible. We did vote against the US on Palestine becoming a member of the UN.