Is recognising Palestine a way to ‘save face’ for Western leaders? | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/9/21/is-recognising-palestine-a-way-to-save-face-for-western-leaders“As long as it doesn’t come with concrete actions, such as sanctions, arms embargo, and the implementation of a no-fly zone in occupied Palestine with a coalition of forces from the international community to alleviate the suffering of the people, I remain pessimistic”
It’s like side guys of main bully not taking any responsibility after the main guy was caught
“Statehood” isnt just a label. It carries with it specific legal realities and rights, chief smong them being territorial sovereignty and the right to self-rule.
And a state has legally esrablished borders which, under international law, can only be altered with the willing agreement of the affected people.
Which means that the actial legal borders of any nominal state of Palestine are those laid out in the Balfour Declaration, as it was adopted by the UN in 1948. Those were the last legal borders in the former Palestinian Mandate and all since have been in direct violation of international law.
If the state of Palestine is not granted the powers and rights inherent to statehood, then this “recognition” is just an empty gesture, and if there’s no intention of granting it those powers and rights, then it’s a lie.
Is recognising Palestine a way to ‘save face’ for Western leaders?
Yeah… no. That explanation isn’t close to being cynical enough for it to be true.
