Palestine is a state that exists and does not exist. Recognized by many countries on the planet, it has diplomatic missions abroad and teams involved in sporting events, including the Olympics. However, due to the long -standing Palestinian conflict with Israel, it has no internationally agreed borders, no capital or army, the BBC notes.

Due to the military occupation of Israel, on the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority, founded after the 1990s peace agreements, does not have complete control of its land or people. And the Gaza Strip, where Israel is also the occupation force, is in the midst of a devastating war.

Symbolic recognition

Given its status as a kind of quasi -state, recognition is inevitable to a large extent symbolic. It is a strong moral and political statement, but it will slightly change the situation on the field.

However, the symbolism remains strong.

As former British Foreign Minister David Lamy pointed out during his speech to the UN last July, “Britain is particularly responsible for supporting the solution of the two states.”

France is expected to follow today’s example of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia at the UN General Assembly this week, as President Emmanuel Macron has already stated in July that his country will recognize a Palestinian state, paving the way for others.

The official recognition of Palestinian state by three G7 countries – two of which are also permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – along with Portugal, Belgium and other countries – signal a symbolic milestone on the Palestinian issue. However, the current situation makes it almost impossible to imagine that a solution of two states, through which a dominant Palestinian state with Israel would coexist, could come true, CNN said in its analysis.

Many analysts and activists argue that this is the result of decades of Israeli policy aimed at sabotaging the solution of the two states, with the construction of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories and undermining the Palestinian Authority.

Others blame the Palestinian authority, which remains deeply unpopular among the Palestinians and is regarded by many as weak, corrupt and without legitimacy.

Yosi Mekelberg, a senior adviser to the Think Tank Chatham House based in London and a professor of international relations, said the establishment of a Palestinian state is farther today than it was when Oslo’s agreements established a peace process more than three decades.

“And in terms of relations between Israel and Palestinians, the climate is the worst, probably since 1948 (when Israel declared its independence),” he told CNN.

Identification by Britain, Canada and Australia

At a historic moment for the Palestinians, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia today recognized the Palestinian state, as they had pledged to do.

British Prime Minister Kir Starmer said this recognition shows the peoples of both Israel and Palestine that there could be a “better future”.

“This solution is not a reward for Hamas, because it means that Hamas cannot have a future, it cannot have a role in government, it cannot have a role in security,” he added.

The Canadian prime minister stressed that “although Canada does not have hallucinations that this recognition is a panacea, it is nevertheless aligned with the principles of self -determination and fundamental human rights reflected in the map of the United Nations and its consistent policy.”

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi, in turn, noted that in this move Australia recognized “the legal and long -term ambitions of the Palestinian people for a state of itself”.

Tough response of Netanyan

The recognition of a Palestinian state from Britain, Canada and Australia is a “huge reward of terrorism,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement in his first reaction to the initiative of the three countries: State west of the Jordan River. “

Netanyahu even stressed that Israel’s response to British, Canada, Australia’s movement will be announced when he returns from the United States, where he is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump.

At the same time, Netanyahu stated that Israel would continue to develop Jewish settlements on the West Bank, essentially demonstrating that Israel’s stance has not changed to a minimum, nor would it be because of the movement of the three countries.

Rage in Israel’s political world

Netanyahu also advocates almost all of the political world of Israel, as their rage reactions show today’s decision of the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada to recognize a Palestinian state, as they are considered to be deepened by Tel Aviv’s isolation.

The recognition of the Palestinian state by Britain is “nothing more than a reward for Jihadist Hamas – encouraged by the Muslim Brotherhood associated with it in the United Kingdom,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a post on the X Platform.

Knesset President Amir Okhana even launched a personal attack on British Prime Minister Kir Starmer, describing him as “a modern -day appeal who chose the disgust”.

Even tougher was the far -right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, who spoke of “rewarding the murderers” and called for “immediately retaliation: the application of Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria (as Israeli calls it).

At the same wavelength, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that “the time when Britain and other countries were defining the future of Israel is over” and added that “the only answer to this anti-Israeli movement is to apply sovereignty to its historical territories.

The same view, but in different reason, expressed, on the part of the opposition, and Yair Golan, head of the left -wing Democrats, who said that the “unilateral recognition” of a Palestinian state constitutes a “serious diplomatic failure of Netanyahu and Smotrich”.

Fierce condemnation by hostage families

The families of Israeli hostage families also proceeded to a strong condemnation of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia initiative to recognize the Palestinian state.

They proceeded to “unconditionally recognition of a Palestinian state, while at the same time ignoring the fact that 48 hostages remain under Hamas’s hostage,” says the forum of hostage and missing families in a statement.

“As families who want deep peace in the region, we believe that any debate on recognizing a Palestinian state must depend on the immediate liberation of all hostages,” the forum adds, stressing that it is a “moral and humanitarian requirement”.

Important step towards peace says Abbas

Recognition by the British Palestinian state is “an important and necessary step towards achieving a fair and lasting peace,” said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, adding that he could pave the way for the implementation of a two -state solution, allowing Palestine to be “

Abbas stated that the immediate priority is the ceasefire in Gaza, “the entry of help, the release of all hostages and prisoners [και] Israel’s complete departure from the Gaza Strip. “

Countries that recognize a Palestinian state this week are taking an irreversible step that keeps the two states alive and brings Palestinian independence and sovereignty closer, Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Angakian Sahin said in turn.

“Now is the time. Tomorrow is a historic date on which we have to build. It’s not the end, “Sachin added, speaking to reporters in Ramala.

“It is a move that brings us closer to domination and independence. It may not end the war tomorrow, but it is a forward move, which we must build and strengthen, “he said, referring to Israel’s nearly two -year military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.