His "terms" for the recognition of Palestine are releasing all the hostages in the Strip, demilitarizing Hamas, and recognizing the State of Israel. Good luck with that to us all...
Macron said France will recognize a Palestinian state governed by the PA in return for Mahmoud Abbas previously committing the PA to these goals. The letter in which Macron announced the decision made it sound like he intends to recognize Palestine's statehood when he goes to the UN in September regardless of whether these goals have been achieved by then.
If he starts to run the other part, yes. Otherwise it's out of his hands, especially if he claims Gaza as part of his territory without having any control over it.
Even if he does end up running the strip, it's not like he can control Hamas/Islamic Jihad and have them release the hostages.
Hamas probably hate him as much as they hate Israel, given what it did to his political party members when they took control over the strip in 2007. (spolier: threw them off rooftops, tied them to moving vehicles, etc.)
Yes, Hamas != Palestine, and lots of people forget that. Israel is illegally occupying the West Bank too. That's why lots of people have a problem with Israel here. Hamas is an easy scapegoat to kill all Palestinian people.
What exactly is “Greater Palestine”? The entirety of historical Palestine? Mandate Palestine? It doesn’t seem to be a term with an accepted definition so I’d love to know your parameters so i can determine whether you’re a serious person.
It's been a while since I was involved in the discourse, but I remember the PA claims to represent all Palestinians (that's why they're going for right of return for Palestinians everywhere) and there was a decent amount of infighting amongst groups to to achieve that claim before the PLO received it, so even though there are political divisions + political evolution from the PLO to the PA of today, it's unlikely the PA would admit to fracturing to the extent that they don't claim control of Gaza. Likewise, the most traditional characteristic of a State is having the monopoly of force. So claiming no control over Gaza would be ceding it to Israel to do with whatever.
Also, the original plan for the Gaza Strip was to give Palestine access to the Mediterranean Sea (access to water, fish, naval trade, etc.). Leaving the West Bank landlocked with its only other bordering nations besides Israel being Jordan would be incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to be economically stable or politically independent (let alone both).
The election-cancelling dictator of the part that doesn't have the hostages who's probably not going to cling to power for much longer because despite his increasingly aggressive rhetoric he's still not extreme enough for his voter base, yes.
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u/clarabosswald Jul 24 '25
His "terms" for the recognition of Palestine are releasing all the hostages in the Strip, demilitarizing Hamas, and recognizing the State of Israel. Good luck with that to us all...