Why Recognizing Palestine Is Meaningless or Even Harmful

Recent announcements by France, Britain, and Canada are mostly performative.

Four people stand while holding a banner that reads Gaza: Action Not Words. On the banner the names of thousands of children who have died as a result of the war. August 6, 2025, 3:46 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

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For almost two years now, as the war in Gaza rages, politicians, analysts, and journalists have been grasping for something constructive that can be done about all the bloodshed and suffering. In the early days after Oct. 7, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration were seized with revitalizing the Palestinian Authority. Later, so-called day-after

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