Sanctions on Israel must follow recognition of Palestine: Palestinian envoy to UN
Palestine’s United Nations ambassador, Riyad Mansour, says countries that have recognised the state of Palestine need to follow up with tough sanctions to rein in Israel’s actions in Gaza.
“We will see more viciousness in the next few weeks, maybe a month or two, before the world can say to them, ‘Enough is enough … you are not going to continue on this path of insanity, we are going to impose on you all the sanctions possible, all the pressure possible, to stop you in your tracks,’” he said.
The message from the international community needed to be that “the Palestinian people are here to stay, their rights to be respected, and the two-state solution to become a reality,” he said.
Recognition of Palestine ‘extremely important’ development
The recognition of a Palestinian state by a number of Western countries is an “extremely important” moment that ”sets a new stage” for developments in the historic conflict, an academic says.
Tamer Qarmout, associate professor in public policy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said he disagreed with more pessimistic takes that held that the moves to recognise Palestine were insignificant and coming too late.
“I think the opposite, I think they’re extremely important,” he said.
He said it was significant that the recognition was coming from “the collective West, which has been a very strong supporter of Israel” and had displayed “paralysis and inaction” when the Middle East peace process had failed in the past.
“At least now, they are changing their moral and political sides, and that’s very important,” said Qarmout. “This sets a new stage for something to come in the future.”
Hmm not really.
With the strings attached it seems more the 'collective West' is trying to impose Camp David type restrictions on a Palestinian state by inserting themselves in the 2-state solution. Hedging their bets between trying to convince their population they're not actively supporting the genocide and still doing Israel's bidding to prevent a fully sovereign Palestinian state in case the genocide can't be completed.
But, after recognizing the state of Palestine, they do have an even larger onus to stop the genocide. Recognizing the 'group' means responsibility for said 'group' under the UN and genocide conventions.
