A “insignificant and late” step; What does it mean to recognize the Palestinian state? – Mehr News Agency Iranian and world news

Mehr News Agency, International Group: On the eve of the 80th meeting of the UN General Assembly, and in the light of the continuation of the crimes and genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza, some countries, including Britain, Australia, Canada, and Portugal, have officially announced that they recognize the Palestinian state. Today, a number of other countries, including France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Malta, are expected to join the process and recognize the Palestinian government.

Al -Jazeera news channel reports on the political and legal consequences of the move and predicts that the number of countries that recognize Palestine will reach nine out of 5 UN member states.

Which countries have not yet recognized Palestine

Currently, nearly 2 % of the UN member states have recognized Palestine; But so far at least five countries, including the US and the Zionist regime and its allies, have not recognized the Palestinian government. In Asia, Japan, South Korea and Singapore, they do not recognize Palestine. Cameron in Africa and Panama in Latin America and most of the small Oceanic countries, which the Zionists usually abuse for their resolutions, have not yet recognized Palestine.

There is the most disagreement in Europe, and almost half of the countries do not recognize the formation of a Palestinian state.

What does the recognition of the Palestinian state mean?

According to the BBC World website: Palestine is a country that exists and does not exist. The country (Palestinian Authority) has a significant amount of international identification, diplomatic representative abroad, and teams competing in sports competitions including the Olympics. But due to the long -term difference with Israel, there is no definite international borders, defined capital, or army. Due to Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority, which was established following the Peace Agreements of the 1980s, does not have complete control over its land and people. Gaza, where Israel is also the power of the occupation, is currently involved in the devastating war.

Given its semi -nuclear state as a quasi -independent state, recognizing it is to some extent symbolic. This will represent a strong statement morally and politically, but it does not make a tangible change on earth.

But this symbolic is effective. “Britain has a special responsibility to support the two countries’ solutions,” former British Foreign Minister David Lami said in a speech to the United Nations in July.

He referred to the Balfour Declaration – a document signed by Arthur Balfour, his former counterpart as Secretary of State, and for the first time expressed British support for “creating a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine”.

But Lamie added that the declaration was accompanied by a serious promise: “There is no action that would endanger the civil and religious rights of non -Jewish societies in Palestine.” Israeli supporters have often pointed out that Lord Balfour did not explicitly mention the Palestinians or their national rights. But the land that was previously called Palestine, and Britain ruled it through the United Nations from 1 to 2, has long been regarded as an international issue.

Israel was founded in year 6, but efforts to establish a parallel Palestinian government have been impaired for many reasons. As Lamie said, politicians have become accustomed to repeating the term “two -country solution”. The two-government solution refers to the creation of the Palestinian government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. But international efforts to realize the two -country solution have failed, and Israel’s colonialism in large parts of the West Bank, which is illegal under international law, has made this concept an almost unquestionable slogan. “

“Roman LobovA professor of international law at the University of X-Mars in southern France described the recognition of the Palestinian state as one of the most complex issues in international law. He told AFP that countries are free to choose time and form, and there are many obvious or implicit differences between countries interacting with this phenomenon.

According to Lobov, there is no center for registering countries. He added: The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank records the names of countries that have recognized Palestine, but this is a completely subjective view.

Another point in international law is that “recognizing does not mean creating a country, just as non -recognition does not prevent a country from being recognized.” Of course, recognizing is largely symbolic and political. Therefore, three -quarters of the world now believe that Palestine has all the requirements for being a country.

“Philip Sands” “I know this seems symbolic to many, but in fact, it can be a symbolic change,” a French-British lawyer and professor of French-British law wrote in mid-August. “As soon as you recognize the country of Palestine … You put Palestine and Israel at the same level for their treatment of international law.”

Palestinian political and legal consequences in international communities

Al -Jazeera adds that these recognitions are an important step for Palestine because they have political and legal consequences. This is boycotting the Zionist cabinet extremists.

The Palestinian Authority considers the recognition of the country of political and legal importance and considers it in line with the efforts made to end the occupation and establishment of the Palestinian state.

“Ahmad al -Dik” In a conversation with Al -Jazeera, the political adviser to the Foreign Minister and the Authority’s immigrants stated that Palestine is “courageously in line with international law and international legitimacy resolutions and support for efforts to end the occupation and achieve peace as well as the rights of the Palestinian rights.”

He added that Palestine will act on these recognitions to achieve the full membership of the United Nations instead of a supervisor and try to maximize political, diplomatic, legal and international efforts to achieve several goals, which are:

• Accountability and trial of the occupiers for the sake of their crimes.
• End the unilateral actions of the occupiers until the implementation of international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab peace plan.
• Reinforcement.
• Strengthening and developing Palestinian relations with different countries in numerous fields.

The Palestinian official listed the political and protocol interests after being recognized in international assemblies:

• Promoting the level of representation of the Palestinian embassies from the delegations to the embassies, and to raise the Palestinian flag.
• In some countries, Palestinian ambassadors’ credentials will be presented to the highest level in those countries as Palestinian ambassadors..

Why is this symbolic movement important?

«Bilal al -ShubakiIn a conversation with Al -Jazeera, a professor of political science at Al -Khalil University, describing the importance of the increase in countries that recognize Palestine, in the face of the Zionist regime’s efforts to eradicate the Palestinian issue and the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state, saying that these recognitions have been made in terms of scheduling.

Zionists will intensify repression in Palestine

The political analyst says that this step – despite its importance – seems very small and limited, because the current priority for every Palestinian citizen is to stop genocide in the Gaza Strip.

He added that some countries have used the issue of recognizing the Zionist regime or forcing it to stop genocide in Gaza, while they have much more solutions to the Zionist regime, which can include sanctions and diplomatic relations.

In response to the recognition of Palestine, al -Shaubaki predicted the spread of the Zionist regime’s repression in the West Bank, adding: “What Israel does in reality is to turn international recognition from an action with a practical impact into a purely psychological event.”

Palestinian recognition is merely symbolic

On the other hand ‘Adnan HamidanThe British expert emphasized that the British recognition of the Palestinian state had important messages and is beyond a political declaration, as it has an important role in the Palestinian suffering and problems by issuing a Balphor treaty and now it is forced to identify the Palestinian state.

The Palestinian expert added that the act does not compensate for the occupation’s crime in consolidating the Palestinian land in the Zionist’s favor, but it is a major change in British political discourse, and for Palestinians Gaza carries the message to the world whose narrative was real and their right to be in their land.

Hamidan continued that the decision does not change the balance of field power, but influences symbolic stances and becomes a political tool that the Palestinians can use against the Zionists in diplomatic fields.

He pointed to British action in this regard, stressing that the British government was not unrelated to the general atmosphere in Europe and the international arena, and the message is that silence is no longer a good option, in addition to being able to put pressure on other governments to recognize the Palestinian state and raise the issue of Palestine as a major issue.

A late step and meaningless

On the other hand ‘Soheil KhaliliehThe settlement expert said of the possible Zionist regime’s actions in response to the wave created by Palestine. E3 Located in the east of the occupied Quds and the swallowing of several other Palestinian villages in Quds and its accession to the occupied territories can be among these measures.

At the same time, he described the move as late and emphasized: The recognition may have been content or meaning, for example, if it were five years ago, but they came late and Tel Aviv would exploit them to achieve its goals.