Blinken: Western countries are morally right to recognize Palestinian state, but too hasty - eviltoast

Former US secretary of state Antony Blinken argued Monday that the growing number of Western countries planning to recognize a Palestinian state in September are well-intentioned but are going about the effort in the wrong way.

“With the Gaza crisis still unfolding, this focus on recognition seems totally beside the more pressing realities. Amid the suffering of Palestinian civilians and Israeli hostages—and Israel’s announced plan to occupy all or part of the enclave—averting famine, recovering the hostages and ending the conflict in Gaza are the priorities. Talk of two states can wait,” he wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    20 days ago

    So they should wait until Palestine is an entirely theoretical state with no land and no people, and then recognize it and pretend they were on the right side of history all along?

    Actually he seems to be recommending that they set conditions for recognizing it that will probably never be met, so they can pretend to want to recognize it while continuing business as usual with Israel.

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    11 days ago

    Blinken is a peice of shit war criminal. Who cares what he says. He should be in chains.