The French president stated that at a UN conference in June, co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia, several countries could finalize a joint move toward mutual recognition of a Palestinian state.
It makes sense to recognize Palestine in order to calm the problem and give peace a chance. But I really do not see a how palestinian statehood will play out with a good ending and how they might find a way forward to peace and prosperity. They are being used as a pawn by arab states. Every palestinian state will have the problem of militant religious extremist fighting for power as we saw with Hamas vs. Fatah in Gaza. So the scenarios look like in neighboring states to me: A brutal dictatorship that crushes disstent with a vast secret police like Egypt. A weak and disfunctional state where powerful militias are building a state inside the state like in Lebanon. Or civil war like in Syria. Those scenarios also will play out when militant Palestinians have their way and push Israel to the sea and deport or kill every jew in Israel and go back to 1948 borders.
It makes sense to recognize Palestine in order to calm the problem and give peace a chance. But I really do not see a how palestinian statehood will play out with a good ending and how they might find a way forward to peace and prosperity. They are being used as a pawn by arab states. Every palestinian state will have the problem of militant religious extremist fighting for power as we saw with Hamas vs. Fatah in Gaza. So the scenarios look like in neighboring states to me: A brutal dictatorship that crushes disstent with a vast secret police like Egypt. A weak and disfunctional state where powerful militias are building a state inside the state like in Lebanon. Or civil war like in Syria. Those scenarios also will play out when militant Palestinians have their way and push Israel to the sea and deport or kill every jew in Israel and go back to 1948 borders.
Good contribution and I share your concerns.