Commentary
It seems odd that four major Western countries, to the extent that such things still exist, just recognized a Palestinian state that does not. There must be a reason, and there is. But as ideas have consequences, dreadful consequences flow from dreadful ideas.
The horror and folly was immediately underlined when Hamas hailed it as “one of the fruits” of the genocidal attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. (Along with the charred or sexually mutilated corpses of idealistic young Israelis and families.) As people had warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and French President Emmanuel Macron they would. Moreover, it is a logical response from Hamas….