Recognising Palestine: why now and what does it mean? | Start Here

Al Jazeera English September 10, 2025
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The UK, France, Canada and Australia are among a new wave of countries planning to recognise Palestine as a state at this year’s UN General Assembly meeting. What does this actually mean? And what, if anything, does it change? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains Chapters: 01:22 - How most countries in the world already recognise Palestine 01:45 - What’s the significance of this new wave of recognition? 01:57 - Why is this happening now? 04:23 - What does it mean for a country to recognise a state? 05:08 - Recognising Palestine, but with conditions attached 07:15 - What is the territory of Palestine that these countries are recognising? 08:20 - How Israel’s settlements and occupation undermine a Palestinian state 11:21 - Will the recognition of the State of Palestine lead to meaningful change for Palestinians? This episode features: Shibley Telhami | Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland Diana Buttu | Palestinian Lawyer and Analyst Michael Lynk | Professor Emeritus of Law, Western University & Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories You can find all Start Here episodes here: https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe Al Jazeera so you don’t miss future episodes: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow Sandra Gathmann on Instagram and X: @SandraGathmann And let us know in the comments if there’s a topic you find confusing and would like Start Here to cover ⤵️ #PalestinianStatehood #PalestinianState #TwoStateSolution #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #IsraelGazaWar #GazaWar #GazaGenocide #UN #UnitedNations #AlJazeeraEnglish

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