Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“There is one big problem with recognizing a Palestinian state, as the United Kingdom, France, and Canada apparently intend to do: There is no Palestinian state. You wouldn’t know that from the formalities: Almost as many countries recognize the so-called Palestinian state as recognize Israel. But a Palestinian state cannot be wished into existence. It cannot be created by means of a declaration or a polite diplomatic fiction. A state is not a moral condition or an accoutrement of a people’s shared aspiration. A state is an apparatus that does things: providing security, law, governance, and other public goods. There is nothing in Gaza that even comes close to approximating a Palestinian state, nor is there a functioning state overseen by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank in anything but name.” (08/01/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/palestinian-statehood-israel-starmer-macron/