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“Faced with a deepening #humanitarian crisis in #Gaza & mounting public pressure, western governments were compelled to act. Most have chosen the symbolic & comparatively cost-free approach of #recognition. They have done so in large part to avoid…concrete measures, such as an #armsembargo, #tradesanctions, or #diplomaticisolation. Yet their response has also demonstrated that…protracted public campaigns…can indeed force governments to change course.” | Middle East Eye https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/Israel-meltdown-western-recognition-palestinian-statehood-deepest-fears