From 1988 to Today: How Recognition Surged And When 🌍 After the Nov 15, 1988 Declaration of Independence and Arafat’s Dec 13, 1988 UN speech, recognitions spiked: ~78 by end-1988, around ~100 by 1989, and ~139 by the 2010s (pre-Oct 7, 2023). Among those early recognizers - China, Russia (then USSR), India, Indonesia, and Malaysia - all still stand by that recognition today. Post-Oct 7, 2023, a new wave came from the West: Spain, Ireland, and Norway recognized in May 2024. And in September 2025,