The Countries Backing Palestinian Statehood are Throwing a Lifeline to Hamas
Mike R. Pompeo
American Center for Law and Justice
July 31, 2025
The announcements that the French, British, and Canadian governments intend to recognize an independent Palestinian state at September’s U.N. General Assembly are a triumph of moral inversion. With Hamas and their backers in Tehran on the ropes, President Macron, Prime Minister Starmer, and Prime Minister Carney have decided to throw them a lifeline rather than back Israel’s efforts to bring this conflict to a just conclusion.
According to Macron, this move is being made to fulfill France’s “historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” tying this decision directly to their aim of stopping the war in Gaza and saving the civilian population. Starmer went even further, using the prospect of recognizing an independent Palestinian state as a threat to constrain Israel: “The UK will recognise the state of Palestine . . . unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire, and commit to a long-term sustainable peace, reviving the prospect of a two-state solution.” Not to be outdone, Carney asserted a moral equivalence between the actions of Hamas and Israel before declaring Canada’s intention to recognize the State of Palestine. And even the conservative government in Germany is using the prospect of recognizing an independent Palestinian state as a tool to exert pressure on Israel.
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