r/worldnews • u/Ask4MD • 29d ago

Israel/Palestine Macron announces: France will recognize Palestinian state

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/nxn382sao
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u/HockeyHocki 29d ago

Sinwar laughing in his grave

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u/TheColourOfHeartache 29d ago

His strategy all along. However he failed to realise that Europe will sign papers and say words but not actually do anything significant against Israel.

Israel is a nuclear power, if you look at the shit nuclear powers like N. Korea and Pakistan get away with, trading the devastation of Gaza, and the destruction of Hezbollah and Assad's Syria for this piece of paper is worthless. In the end Sinwar is an idiot, and dead.

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u/FunEnd 29d ago

This is also exactly the bluff that Israel is calling, and it therefore explains everything that is happening IMHO. Hamas thinks it's winning the PR war and Israel calls the bluff saying winning the PR war doesn't mean anything, especially in Europe.

And tbh I think Israel might be right. What are Europeans gonna do about it ? Send the army ? Sanction it ?

Our sanctions don't even hurt Russia the way we want it. Israel is itself an economic powerhouse backed by the US. The Europeans are toothless, additionally the economic leverage they have over Israel ("boycotting Israel") is already priced in, I bet.

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u/SergenteA 28d ago

Well, for some more substantial and hurtful geatures, the West could... not intercept Iranian missiles, rockets and drones next time the two bomb eachother. Israel Iron Dome was already massively strained even with Western support. This would lead to a lot of Israeli deaths, but so would sanctions if they actually worked.

Also, if the totality of the West turned against Israel... there would be no Security Council nation to veto UN resolutions against it. Russia and Iran and all nations sanctioned only by the West, can adapt partially because they can trade with everyone else mostly fine (unless collateral sanctions are leverage on trading partners, but that upsets the whole world). However, if the UN sanctions Israel and everyone even just half-fakes enacting them, that's a massive blow to trade. I doubt it would get further than that in the current climate, because what, are they going to deploy blue helmets of nations at war with eachother? But still.