Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom formally recognized a Palestinian state. Their collective action both rewarded Hamas terrorism — notably, Hamas still holds its Jewish hostages — and shredded the basis of previously negotiated agreements that tied recognition to Palestinian acceptance of Israel and foreswearing of terrorism. Frankly, Israel would now be legally within its rights to permanently reoccupy Gaza and turn the clock back to pre-1993.

The Australian, Canadian, and British leadership seek to pander to their own increasingly radical constituencies, though they will couch their rhetoric in the logic of building momentum. The U.K.’s willingness to recognize a Palestinian state is also a deliberate finger in the eye of President Donald Trump. He should certainly see it as s

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