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    Frankreichs Anerkennung von Palästina ist kein „Geschenk“ für die Hamas

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    1. msnbc on

      From Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute: 

      Israel and the United States angrily — and wrongly — condemned French president Emmanuel Macron’s recognition of a Palestinian state.

      Last week French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will recognize an independent Palestinian state, a surprising and significant move designed to resuscitate the quest for a two-state solution, coming in the context of the ongoing horrors of the war in Gaza.

      Israel and the United States have angrily protested the French decision, claiming that it “rewards Hamas” for its ghastly massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. But precisely the opposite is true.

      Hamas seeks an Islamist state in all of “historical Palestine” (Israel and the occupied territories). Fatah is committed to negotiations, while Hamas embraces armed struggle. The two sides agree on little beyond recognizing each other as Palestinians.Virtually anything that strengthens one weakens the other. Israel understands and has exploited this for decades. For many years, Israel has enthusiastically facilitated the transfer of cash payments from Qatar and other benefactors to support Hamas rule in Gaza. (The governments of Israel and Qatar deny that any of the payments were directly intended for Hamas’ use; both say the funds were intended for humanitarian purposes.)

      Read more: [https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/france-macron-recognize-palestine-gaza-israel-hamas-rcna221553](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/france-macron-recognize-palestine-gaza-israel-hamas-rcna221553) 

    2. KosherPigBalls on

      Not only is a gift to Hamas, it’s also a reward to the PA for refusing to show up for any two-state negotiations for almost a decade and a half. This allows them to circumvent negotiations and not make any concessions on recognition of the Jewish state or right of return for 9 million descendants of refugees. 

      In other words, France is prolonging the conflict and making peace less likely, not more likely.

    3. Bullboah on

      It is absolutely a gift to Hamas.

      France’s position has never been against a Palestinian state. It was the mainstream position that they would recognize a Palestinian state when:

      1). Palestinian leaders completely reject terrorism as a negotiating tactic.

      2). Palestinian leaders agree to a state deal with Israel and agree to a permanent peace.

      Macron’s announcement is simply France removing those preconditions for recognition.

      Even the PA still funds terrorism through its martyrs fund, and Hamas is vastly more popular in Palestine than the PA.

      This is exactly what Hamas wants. Symbolic victories to show the people their terror strategy is working.

      It pushes back a peace deal by hardening Hamas, it makes a solution less likely, and it will lead to many more Palestinian and Israeli civilians dying in the long term. But hey, it helps Macron politically. At the end of the day, that’s why he did it. Same for Norway and Ireland.

    4. Electronic_Main_2254 on

      >Israel has enthusiastically facilitated the transfer of cash payments from Qatar and other benefactors to support Hamas

      I really don’t think Israel was „enthusiastic“ about any of that, and sentences like this just show how narrow-minded the author is.

      Before October 7th, if Israel had refused to transfer this aid from Qatar, people like the author would’ve probably said Israel was blockading important aid to Gazans and trying to starve them. Now that everyone knows what happened on October 7th, those same people suggest it was all some evil plan and that Israel transferred the aid on purpose for some odd reason, that’s just being a hypocrite.

      By not putting 99% of the blame for the current situation on Hamas, world leaders are, at best, making Hamas’s life easier, and at worst, actually rewarding them.

    5. spinosaurs70 on

      It is?

      You can argue that Israeli policy making led up to this, and I would agree with that but Hamas, despite causing a brutal war in Gaza is now able to claim a UNSC member recognized it because of Oct 7.

      Europeans should be pressuring Israel quietly not through pandering to an angry public.

      The time for recognition of a Palestinian state should be after the disarmament of Hamas.

    6. AgitatedHoneydew2645 on

      So, according to France and other countries who recognize Palestine:
      1. Who is the government of the state of palestine?
      2. Is Hamas an occupying force in palestine?
      3. Did the State of Palestine attack Israel on october 7th? If so, that could have repercussions according to International Law
      4. What are the borders of this state?
      5. If Palestine is a State, why is there need for UNRWA? Doesnt that mean palestinians are no longer refugees?

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