Warum die internationale Anerkennung eines palästinensischen Staates tatsächlich wichtig ist
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/08/palestinian-state-west-recognition/683930/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
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Hussein Ibish: “France, Britain, Canada, Australia, and Malta all say they are preparing to recognize a state of Palestine at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September. They would join another 147 UN countries that already do so. In some senses, the move is symbolic: It will not change the realities on the ground in the Middle East, at least not in the short term. But it is a major step nonetheless.”
“No Israeli-Palestinian ‘peace process’ is currently under way, the countries pledging recognition noted in their statements. This is because Israel refuses to speak with the diplomatic representative of the Palestinian people, the Palestine Liberation Organization. In effect, Israel has held the PLO and its subsidiaries—the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Fatah political party—responsible for the actions of all Palestinians, including the PLO’s extremist archrival, Hamas. (The United States, for its part, has never had a bilateral relationship with the Palestinians.)”
“The struggle for Palestinian statehood has been long and arduous. The PLO and PA, to be sure, have sometimes gotten in their own way. In the West Bank, the PA has overseen a corrupt system that leaves little space for civil society. And the PLO has squandered several potential opportunities to pursue statehood, especially an overture in 2008 by then–Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. But both groups have maintained a commitment to negotiation over violence, and have honored the 1993 recognition of Israel by Yasser Arafat, the PLO’s former leader. The Western nations’ formal acknowledgment of a Palestinian state under the leadership of the PLO will boost the idea that this kind of diplomacy, rather than the armed struggle of Hamas, is the path that can actually result in Palestinian independence and citizenship for the stateless millions in the occupied territories.”
“…The Israelis claim that recognition would reward Hamas and terrorism. But the opposite is true. Pretty much the only thing Hamas and Fatah agree on is that they are all Palestinians. Other than that, the disagreements are almost total: The PLO is a secular national movement that still seeks a negotiated peace with Israel through diplomacy, and to establish a small Palestinian state in the occupied territories. Hamas is an Islamist party and militia that wants a theocratic Muslim government in not just the occupied territories but also what is now Israel. In Palestinian politics, the binary is so stark that virtually anything that strengthens one group weakens the other.
“…The world must act as if a two-state solution is not merely necessary, but possible. International recognition of a Palestinian state is a key start. Without such a state alongside Israel, these two beleaguered peoples, the whole region, and the entire world will be sentenced to further decades, and possibly centuries, of bloodshed and oppression. Shrugging, walking away, and accepting this outcome cannot be an option.”
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“International” != “Western”
Recognizing Palestine does not mean recognizing Hamas. And I think if this was made more clear it would help the process of recognizing Palestine, but this doesn’t seem to be the case. Hamas needs to give up power for statehood, no sane country would allow a hostile government launching rockets into civilian areas on their borders.
The fact that all these nations are doing so basically in the premise that hamas has 0 say in the matter shows they are better than any western pro Palestinian group
I don’t think I’ve read an article from Palestinian point of view that acknowledges past mistakes so openly.
As to the wave of statements about pending recognition of Palestine – this is the stick.
The carrot would soon be clear too – Hamas and all other armed non-state groups to be disarmed and KSA to recognize Israel, others to join sooner or later.
This will, over some time, stabilize the region which is what the rich Arab regimes want, the poor regimes want the money, and Trump wants a noble like Obama got.
Will we see peace in the middle east in our time?
It’s actually closer than it’s ever been, but maybe for this particular conflict, that’s not saying much.