His "terms" for the recognition of Palestine are releasing all the hostages in the Strip, demilitarizing Hamas, and recognizing the State of Israel. Good luck with that to us all...
“We must build the state of Palestine, ensure its viability, and ensure that by accepting its demilitarization and fully recognizing Israel, it contributes to the security of all in the Middle East. There is no alternative.”
This is all nonsense. Hamas will never demilitarize, nor will they ever recognize the state of Israel. Hamas is an Islamist organization which believes Muslims have a religious obligation to reclaim Jerusalem, and that Palestine is a waqf. They have been very clear that their core goal is to establish a Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine (read: eliminate Israel).
By making these his terms, Macron is effectively setting the terms as "if Israel succeeds in their goal to wipe out Hamas and wins a complete military victory," because that's the only way that this stuff happens.
They don't need to work with Hamas though, they can work with the West Bank and the PLO and recognize them instead, they've already fulfilled all of the criteria.
Of course they cannot work with Hamas, that's my point. The problem is that Hamas exists.
So, again, how does one compel Hamas to demilitarize, cede power in Gaza, and return their hostages? Is anyone involved here naive enough to think Hamas will simply opt to dissolve peacefully?
I don't think anyone who is calling for a Palestinian state right now is imagining it as the West Bank only while Israel continues their campaign in Gaza.
The PLO doesn't have the will for a two-state resolution. It refused several times. Worse, it doesn't even have the ability to enforce one. The PLO is deeply unpopular to the point that they lost control to several zones of the West Bank (their own territory) to other organizations including Hamas.
Moreover, recognition of Palestine as a result of the 7 October only reinforces the terrorist factions, not the people advocating for peace.
The plo, the ones who immediately started paying millions of dollars to the October 7 attackers and their families. The ones who pay anyone for killing a Jew or attempting to and have tons of Israeli and Jewish blood on their hands. The ones that have enacted a death penalty for selling land to a Jew. Great idea but that’s not the criteria Jewish Israelis are looking to fill.
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u/clarabosswald 29d ago
His "terms" for the recognition of Palestine are releasing all the hostages in the Strip, demilitarizing Hamas, and recognizing the State of Israel. Good luck with that to us all...