A Wave of Western States Formally Recognized the State of Palestine at the UN This Week. Why Now? What Are the Practical Consequences? And How Is Israel's Government, and the Trump Administration, Responding?

The notion that this week’s “tsunami of recognitions” of the state of Palestine was triggered by Hamas’ October 2023 attack on Israel is a distortion of reality. The irony is that…

A Wave of Western States Formally Recognized the State of Palestine at the UN This Week. Why Now? What Are the Practical Consequences? And How Is Israel's Government, and the…

Despite 157 UN member states recognising a Palestine state, it remains under Israeli control. Here's why.