the challenges of creating a new Palestinian state are so formidable, is it even possible?
- Written by Martin Kear, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly meeting in September, joining the United Kingdom, Canada and France in taking the historic step.
Recognising a Palestinian state is at one level symbolic – it signals a growing global consensus behind the rights of Palestinians to have their own state. In the short term,...