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Recognition of Palestine: 'For this act to be truly positive, it must be accompanied by sanctions against Israel'
['Stéphanie Maupas', 'The Hague', 'Netherlands', 'Correspondent']
Le Monde.fr - Actualités et Infos en France et dans le monde
She is the author of Rendre impossible un Etat palestinien, l'objectif d'Israël depuis sa création ("Making a Palestinian State Impossible, Israel's Objective Since Its Creation," 2025).
While the symbolic act of recognition will undoubtedly offer a sense of superficial satisfaction, it will not have much effect.
If we truly want to recognize a real Palestinian state, we must restore the concrete foundations of its existence.
However, what Israel has not been able to destroy is the Palestinian national consciousness.
What the recognition of a Palestinian state pays tribute to is the persistence of this Palestinian national sentiment.
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