Recognising Palestine: why now and what does it mean? | Start Here
Recognising Palestine: Why now, and what does it mean? | Start Here
Why more countries are recognising the State of Palestine.
The United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia are among a new wave of countries planning to recognise Palestine as a state at this year’s United Nations General Assembly meeting. What does this actually mean? And what, if anything, does it change?
This episode features:
Shibley Telhami | Professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland
Diana Buttu | Palestinian lawyer and analyst
Michael Lynk | Professor emeritus of law at Western University and former United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories
If you want to go deeper on this topic, watch Start Here’s explainer on the two-state solution.