History attests to a 3,000-year Jewish connection to the Land of Israel, a genuine non-imagined connection, unlike the created idea of an Arab Palestine.
The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.
In May, Spain, Ireland, and Norway officially recognized a Palestinian state.
The real challenge lies not in the symbolic gestures but in navigating the pragmatic ties that sustain these relationships amid an ever-changing geopolitical arena.
Finance Minister Smotrich's comments come one day after Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz resigned from Netanyahu's emergency government.
Iran has been the main beneficiary of the diplomacy of United States, China, and the Gulf Arab States and has wrestled the Palestinian cause away from the Arab States.
Igniting diplomatic tensions as the IDF advances continues to operate around Rafah, the symbolic recognition of a Palestinian state might just make the conflict in Gaza worse than it already is.
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