Western leaders play make believe with Palestinian statehood

Palestinian statehood fails the legal test, the political test, and the reality test.

Aug 18, 2025

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[FOREWORD FROM DANIEL: In this wonderful contribution from Nachum Kaplan, the author clearly demonstrates why recognising a Palestinian State is a akin to the editor recognising Clarkolandia: neither fulfil the criteria of a State. It is clear to all bar the dense that Palestine neither has a (legitimate, unified, peaceful, tax collecting) government no…

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Nachum Kaplan נחום קפלן

Nachum Kaplan is a journalist and commentator. He has 25 years media experience and held senior international roles at Reuters and IFR. He holds a B.A. in Politics and Indonesian from Monash University. He is also a practising psychotherapist.