Recognizing Palestine While Funding Hamas? Governments Repeat Deadly Mistakes

Recognizing Palestine While Funding Hamas? Governments Repeat Deadly Mistakes

From newsrooms to parliament chambers, a growing sector of liberal-mainstream Western society is realizing that premature recognition of Palestinian statehood is a bad idea. A few weeks ago, journalists and politicians whispered it in off-record conversations. Now, as top Hamas officials correctly interpret recognition as a vindication of their October 7 atrocities, the Washington Post Editorial Board admits that “Empty gestures set back the cau…