Passionate, but lacking legal validity: Rising calls for Palestinian statehood - opinion
'The political existence of the state,' indicates the Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1934), 'is independent of recognition by the other states.'
France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech during the "Paris Call for the Two-State Solution, Peace and Regional Security" gathering influential actors from Israeli and Palestinian civil societies committed to promoting the two-state solution, June 13, 2025(photo credit: Thibaud Moritz/Reuters)ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
