Our country is considering recognizing Palestine, but is there anything to acknowledge? “The territory is getting smaller and smaller, the time is running”

The recognition of the state of Palestine is at the top of the political agenda in the coming days. Unlike 146 of the 193 Member States of the United Nations, our country has not yet recognized Palestine. But what can you recognize? What territory can the Palestinians still claim, and with which government of that new state our country would then make diplomatic relations? Five questions for Professor of International Law Jan Wouters (KULeuven). “It is important that we link conditions to these recognition, as France does.”

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