The words of British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, in which he said that his country and its allies “are considering recognition of a Palestinian state, as part of a diplomatic process that leads to irreversible progress towards a two-state solution,” is an important diplomatic statement, and we hope that it will be supported by diplomatic action. 

According to Cameron, “the most important step is to give the Palestinians a political horizon,” and that Britain “has begun to consider the image of a Palestinian state, what it will consist of, and who will run it. When that happens, we and our allies will begin to think about recognizing a Palestinian state, including voting in a council.” Security. This recognition could be one of the things that will help make this process irreversible” (“Haaretz,” 1/30).

These words express a similar point of view that appeared in the statements of US President Joe Biden, two weeks after the “massacre” of October 7, when he said: “Israel and the Palestinians can no longer return to the situation that existed before October 7,” and added that at the end of the crisis There is a need to pursue a two-state solution, “which means that both parties, Israeli and Palestinian, and other leaders from the region, will have to focus on moving towards peace.”

Since then, the Biden administration has been promoting a plan to establish a demilitarized Palestinian state within the framework of normalization with Saudi Arabia, and a plan to rebuild the Strip led by Saudi Arabia and four Arab countries. Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pressured him to agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war. But Biden knows that this matter will not happen under a failed leader without a vision linking his political fate to the Kahanists and supporters of the transfer.

Contrary to the noise from the British Conservative Party, which viewed Cameron's words as giving a prize to Hamas, unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state that advances the two-state solution is the absolute opposite of what Hamas wants. 

The Hamas movement does not want a regional settlement, nor a two-state solution, because it is not ready to recognize the State of Israel. Every step the world takes towards a two-state solution is a reward for moderates and a punishment for extremists.