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April 30, 2025

If Europe Wants a Palestinian State, They Have to Help Build One

The dangers of trying to wish Palestine into existence.

Earlier this month, Emanuel Macron announced that France is preparing to recognize a Palestinian state, perhaps as early as June. He claimed that doing so would “allow all those who defend Palestine to recognize Israel in turn.” It appears that France will be working in concert with Spain, Ireland, and Norway. To Aviram Bellaishe, Macron and other European leaders are hoping to mollify their own restive Muslim populations with such moves. Besides detailing the many problems with this policy, Bellaishe outlines what European governments could do that would actually foster Palestinian self-government and make peace more feasible:

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