Several leading Western countries – Britain, Canada, Australia, and a group of EU members led by France – have announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood. They justified the move by saying that abandoning the principle of two states in historic Palestine, one Jewish and one Arab, is unacceptable. They pointed to the Palestinian people’s legitimate rights and the need to prevent further violence.
Palestinian Authority leaders hailed the decision as the culmination of years of painstaking diplomatic work. Israel, by contrast, condemned it as an encouragement of terrorism and an obstacle to negotiations over the release of hostages.
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