Posted on 12/31/20
| News Source: JNS
A graphic on Fox News last week showed “Palestine” as a country, despite it not being an independent nation.
The graphic appeared during the Dec. 23 broadcast of “America’s Newsroom” during a segment about U.S. President Donald Trump complaining about foreign aid in the legislative package Congress passed this week that included $1.4 trillion to fund the government and around $900 billion in COVID relief.
Fox News did not respond to a request for comment.
A similar error occurred in April when an MSNBC graphic showed “Palestine” in a rolling list of countries.
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While the “State of Palestine” is recognized by some 138 countries and has the status as a non-member observer state of the United Nations, there does not exist a sovereign independent Palestinian state.
The Palestinian Authority is an interim Palestinian government established under the Oslo Accords, which its final status was left for future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Currently, the P.A. has control over portions of the West Bank, known as Areas A and B, while the terrorist group Hamas controls the Gaza Strip after it ousted the P.A. from the coastal enclave in 2007.