Germany Stands With Israel, Rejects Push To Recognize Palestinian State

Germany will not support recognition of a Palestinian state at September’s United Nations General Assembly, Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed on Tuesday.

Speaking at a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who said in July that Canada would recognize such a state, Merz said bluntly, “The position of the federal government is clear, as far as the possible recognition of the state of Palestine is concerned. Canada knows this. We will not join this initiative. We don’t see the requirements met.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently called a two-state solution an “illusion.” Speaking on a YouTube show titled “Warriors’ Hour,” he said, “I think keeping the two-state solution on the agenda actually hinders the kinds of agreements that could otherwise be achieved. It means keeping an illusion alive, one that, under current circumstances, reduces or outright prevents cooperation.” He also suggested that if the percentage of Muslim voters in the country increases compared to that of Jewish voters, the government will become pro-Palestinian and pro-Islamic policy, and “the Jews will have to pack up and leave.”

Unlike Merz and Orban, leftist British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have publicly called for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The arguments against recognizing a Palestinian state are many and varied. The criteria of statehood are reflected in the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, which require an effective and independent government, which does not exist, as the Palestinian Authority was created under the Oslo Accords as an interim solution, and is not effective, as it has spent millions of dollars inciting terror against Israel with  its “pay-to-slay program.”

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Additionally, the Palestinians have claimed sovereignty over all of the territories which Israel won in the 1967 war, including the city of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.

As Israeli International Affairs Advisor Caroline Glick has stated bluntly, “Gaza was a sovereign Palestinian state from August 16, 2005-Oct.7, 2023. After October 7, support for a ‘two-state solution’ is nothing less than support for the annihilation of the Jewish state, the genocide of the Jews of Israel and the subjugation of Diaspora Jewry.”

Gaza was a sovereign Palestinian state from August 16, 2005-Oct.7, 2023.
After October 7, support for a “two-state solution” is nothing less than support for the annihilation of the Jewish state, the genocide of the Jews of Israel and the subjugation of Diaspora Jewry. https://t.co/PFG4tTDSx1

— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) September 6, 2024