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Beyond the Western wave of recognition of the Palestinian
state: A belated or deliberate awakening?
Malak Hossam Eissa - Political Science - Fourth Year
As studied in political science, a state is recognition of Palestine as an independent
composed of three main components: state, with borders independent of Israeli
territory, people, and sovereignty. Without hegemony, at the conference of “Conflict
necessarily forgetting a fourth dimension Resolution” on Monday, September 22,
that is as important as the other three, that 2025. France, along with the United
of recognition by the major powers, Kingdom, Portugal, Australia, Canada,
particularly those in the West. Faced with and five other Western states, ostensibly
this theoretical concept, the term “state” recognized the Palestinian state. This
poses real concerns today, especially means that they have become completely
when applied to the Palestinian case. pro-Palestinian, against the repression of
First, we must ask ourselves why this an indigenous people, against regular
spontaneous shift occurred. What attacks on civilians, and in favor of total
prompted 10 superpowers to affirm their independence. However, we don't always
recognition at that particular time? get what we want—that's how these ELITE’s Seventh Anniversary (2018-2025)
Being on the right side of history by countries think about weaker countries:
supporting peace and the protection of you can't have everything. This is why
non-Western human rights is one of the some might perceive this recognition as
rare occasions when France appears on an act of empathy towards civilians who
the Security Council stage. Regardless of are being killed every minute, out of
the revolutionary waves within French frustration with the Israeli government's
civil society, the French state, under the Manichean violence and its repugnant
presidency of Emmanuel Macron and hegemonic policy. Indeed, they see it as
alongside Saudi Arabia, announced its nothing more than an act of benevolence,
simply
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