Jamaica Officially Recognizes the Palestinian State

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