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France's Malicious Recognition of "Palestine": The Ultimate Reward for the October 7 Massacre

(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) Amb. Alan Baker and Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch - Ten countries have already given Hamas the greatest reward and have responded to the Oct. 7 murder, torture, rape, beheading, and kidnapping of over 250 people by recognizing the "State of Palestine." Next in line to reward the wanton murder of Jews appears to be French President Emmanuel Macron who, together with the UK and Canada, is promoting a high-level conference on "the two-state solution." The 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States provides the most widely and internationally accepted formula for recognizing statehood in international law, requiring the new state to meet four cumulative criteria: a permanent population; a defined territory; a government; and capacity to enter into relations with other states. Of the 147 UN states that ostensibly have recognized the "State of Palestine," 100 countries did so between February 4, 1988, and November 1, 1995. 82 of them gave their recognition in November and December 1988, in response to the November 15, 1988, "Declaration of Independence" issued by Yasser Arafat and the PLO. At the time, the PLO was being hosted in Tunisia and was an entity incapable of performing any of the requisite functions associated with governance. The Oslo Accords established a "Palestinian Authority" with powers and responsibilities to govern the daily lives of the Palestinians resident in areas that would be transferred to its control. The accords made absolutely no mention of the creation of a "State of Palestine." To the contrary, in the accords, the issue of statehood was left open for "permanent status negotiations." By definition, the Israeli-Palestinian commitment to "permanent status negotiations" precludes any predetermination by any foreign state, parliament, international or regional organization president or international leader, of the outcome of such negotiation by attempting to recognize, initiate, support, or sponsor a Palestinian state outside the agreed negotiating forum. Amb. Alan Baker, former Legal Adviser and Deputy Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated in the negotiation and drafting of the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians. Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, former director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria, is director of the Palestinian Authority Accountability Initiative at the Jerusalem Center.
2025-05-27 00:00:00
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