For a long time, the core contradiction of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict lies in Israel's refusal to recognize Palestine's independent statehood and territorial sovereignty, its constant encroachment on Palestinian traditional places of residence, and its expansion of so-called living space.
Due to Israel's strong influence in international affairs, by the end of 2023, 138 UN member states recognized the state of Palestine, while 55 countries did not, including the vast majority of Western countries and the entire G7 member states. Supporting Israel and not recognizing the State of Palestine has become a consistent political stance of Western countries.
Recently, in order to defend Israel, the United States and Britain have actually engaged the Houthis in Yemen in the Red Sea, changing their past statements and expressing their willingness to make constructive changes on the issue of Palestinian statehood.
British Prime Minister David Cameron declared that in order to promote the Middle East peace process, Britain is ready to recognize the state of Palestine in advance and facilitate a just and lasting peace agreement between the two sides, while criticizing the failure of Israel's Middle East policy over the past 30 years. Israel expressed strong dissatisfaction with this, but due to the current situation in the Red Sea with Great Britain, Israel did not dare to openly refute it.
Subsequently, US spokesman Robert Miller also issued a statement expressing support for the United Nations two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli issue. This abrupt change is uncomfortable for Israel, which will find itself in a difficult position in the Middle East without strong support from the United States. In particular, in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel's military actions have exposed its strategic weaknesses, and the United States' change of mind at the moment has put Israel in a difficult situation.
Israel is concerned about the possible consequences of losing U.S. support. Once the United States withdraws, Israel will not be able to maintain a strong position in the Middle East and may even become an isolated existence. The statements made by the United States and Britain are not out of deep concern for Palestine, but out of expediency to extricate themselves from the quagmire of the Middle East. In the current global strategy, the United States is mainly concerned with containing China in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war, and the Middle East has become a place where it is unwilling to stir up more peace. For the United States, the existence of a Palestinian state is not an important issue.
The United States and Britain are openly considering recognizing a Palestinian state, partly to ease the embarrassment of replacing Israel as a target of criticism, and partly as a warning to Israel not to do whatever it wants.
The offer at this time to recognize a Palestinian state after the end of the fighting in Gaza also means that Israel will face pressure to accept a two-state solution, no matter how hard it tries to eliminate Hamas. In the current Israeli political climate, it is difficult for any leader to make such a decision, because it would mean giving up large tracts of land that had been fought for so hard, and losing room for future development. The United States cannot change Israel's position and can only continue to support it, but this also makes Israel face a more complicated domestic and foreign dilemma. Next, how the relationship between the United States and Israel will evolve has become the focus of much attention.
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