At the end of the Palestine Summit at the United Nations, Israel appears to have suffered a painful defeat. Israel, which began the war on October 7 as a victim of the Hamas attack, now finds itself in problematic territory—with 156 states recognizing the independence of a Palestinian state. Decades of Israeli efforts to prevent such recognition have been undone as a new reality has emerged.
While previously it was mainly non-aligned and Arab states that recognized “Palestine,” now the states of the free world—enlightened democracies with international weight—have spoken: France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Spain, and a series of other EU members—countries referred to in diplomatic jargon as “like-minded.” Not only have they recognized a Palestinian state—they are the ones leading this move at the United Nations.
The assessment is that even the few democracies that have not yet recognized a Palestinian state will do so sooner or later.
On the long list of Israel’s foreign policy failures is Saudi Arabia, which until recently was seen as a great hope for Israel and the Trump...
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