Haaretz, Gideon Levy: Recognition Without Rescue: The World's Hollow Gift to Palestinians
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Haaretz, Gideon Levy:
Recognition Without Rescue: The World's Hollow Gift to Palestinians
'While the genocide in Gaza continues unabated and settlers run amok in the West Bank together with the army, the world met its minimum obligation by recognizing a state that will likely never come into being'
'On the day France's president celebrated a diplomatic victory, Palestinian statehood seemed more distant than ever. At no point in time has the dream of a state seemed more disconnected from the reality on the ground. The president of the state in the making, Mahmoud Abbas, was not even allowed to come to the United States to attend the conference discussing his country, in a blatant violation by the U.S. of its agreement with the UN. At that very moment, the International Criminal Court's most-wanted man, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is suspected of committing crimes against humanity, was preparing for his trip to New York. The president of the state that nearly the entire world now "recognizes" will attend the General Assembly via a video link, while the ICC's No. 1 most-wanted will address the hall from the dais.'
'On the day the world recognized a Palestinian state, 61 people were killed in Gaza, roughly the same number as on the day before and the day after, as has been the case every day in recent months. Recognition did not and will not save even one Gazan child from the bombings. Gaza is unfit for human habitation, and the situation for Palestinians living in the West Bank is gradually growing similar. It's doubtful the old man who was beaten even heard about the recognition.'
'The world, and especially self-righteous Europe, paid more empty lip service this week to the victims in Gaza and the West Bank. While the genocide in Gaza continues unabated and settlers run amok in the West Bank together with the army, the world met its minimum obligation by recognizing a state that will likely never come into being. How easy it is to recognize it, how hard it is to stop genocide. Israel, as usual, cried "antisemitism." All of the Jewish parties in the Israeli opposition – including Yair Golan's the Democrats – stood with the government in condemning the recognition.'
' Anyone who, like me, was desperately hoping for a dramatic emergency move by the world to immediately stop the systematic killing and destruction in Gaza, before anything else, instead got a move that will only make things worse. The heads of state can now reassure themselves and their agitated citizens: We have punished the criminal and rewarded the victim. We no longer need to lift a finger for Gaza, we've done our part.'
'... Gaza has been destroyed and there is no longer room in the West Bank for a state that is not a collection of Bantustans. Do you want to save the surviving remnant of Gaza? Harsh sanctions must be imposed on Israel immediately. Do you want a long-term vision? Democracy for all people from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.'
Recognition Without Rescue: The World's Hollow Gift to Palestinians - Opinion haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0
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