Germany Opens the Door to Recognizing Palestinian Statehood

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1. Canada, UK, Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, Mexico, Slovenia, Malta, and Norway. Israel has won the war in Gaza, but definitely not the PR war. They lost their allies so fast.

2. “should [Israel] annex the West Bank”… So if Israel finally formalises what it’s doing on the ground the German government might, just might, make a symbolic gesture when it’s too late. What wonderful news (for Netanyahu).

3. He* just landed a few minutes ago, I’m sure he’ll be singing a very different tune by the end of the day.

   *Wadephul the German foreign minister of Germany. 

4. I really hope no one falls for these very transparent attempts to make it look like the Western countries are pushing back on Israel. They won’t stop supplying arms or military intelligence, they won’t expel the ambassadors, they won’t do anything that risks their owner (the US) getting mad at them and they fundamentally support what Israel is doing

5. Without reading, let me guess:

   * Germany wants a demilitarized Palestine

   * Germany wants Palestine to recognize Israel

   * No conditions for Israel to recognize Palestine or demilitarize

   Did I get it right?

6. In a year’s time it will be “Germany/France/UK will recognise Palestinian state if Israel kills the final 1% of Palestinians!”

   Western nations are literally guiding Israel on the path of genocide, like a “how to genocide for dummies!”

   ANY other nation in the world would have been sanctioned 100%, military intervention and regime change by now.

7. Recognizing ‘Palestine’ without clear borders, a stable government, or defined institutions isn’t diplomacy—it’s symbolism at best, and dangerous ambiguity at worst. A state isn’t just a flag and a grievance; it’s leadership, sovereignty, and responsibility. Until those basic criteria are met, recognition solves nothing.

   Worse, premature recognition risks legitimizing a fractured and dysfunctional political reality. The Palestinian territories are not governed by a unified leadership but by two rival factions: the Palestinian Authority (PA) in parts of the West Bank, and Hamas—a designated terrorist organization by the EU, U.S., and others—in Gaza. These two entities are not only politically divided but often openly hostile to each other, with no credible plan for national reconciliation.

   International law recognizes statehood based on certain criteria: a defined territory, a permanent population, a functioning government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. Palestine currently lacks at least three of these four. Without clearly demarcated borders or unified governance, any recognition is not a reflection of statehood—it’s a political statement divorced from on-the-ground realities.

8. I think it’s pretty funny the amount of people who move the goalposts to dissolving Israel as soon as the potential of a Palestinian state being recognized happens. It’s almost like you never wanted a state at all and always just wanted to destroy Israel like literally everyone says you do.

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