Palestine is not a state. It is controlled by Israel.
And as a long as the ethnic group known as Palestinians continue to favor the destruction of Israel, they should not become fully recognized state in the Middle East.
There is no evidence anywhere to indicate the Israeli-Palestinian problem will be solved by making the Palestinians territory an independent state.
'I'm not sure this helps us much': European countries are recognizing an official Palestinian state
Will these new recognitions, which the U.S. and larger European nations have not joined, bring full Palestinian statehood closer and improve the lives of Palestinians?
A complex mix of authorities governs the 5.5 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and West Bank territories. Palestinians, like Jews, trace their ancestry to the geographic area that now forms the state of Israel and the two Palestinian territories. Yet,
the Palestinians do not have a universally recognized state, with their aspirations to create one depending not just on Palestinian leadership, but also on Israel and recognition by foreign powers.
Officially, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) represents Palestinians worldwide at international fora, while the Palestinian Authority (PA), a newer institution led by a PLO faction known as Fatah, is supposed to govern most of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In reality, the PA has overshadowed the PLO, and both are deeply troubled;
Israel has exercised significant control over the Palestinian territories, de facto and official; and Gaza has been ruled by the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which Israel and multiple other countries have designated as a terrorist organization. Palestinian leaders will have to grapple with these and other challenges—including succession concerns and yet another war between Israel and Hamas—to deliver their peoples’ dream of an independent Palestinian state.
Ireland, Norway and Spain recognized an independent Palestinian state. What does that mean for one of the world's most intractable conflicts?
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