Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.

The cascade of recognitions at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual session in New York is pure gesture politics, writes Gwynne Dyer.UN photograph by Manuel Elias

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 22, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—Ten more countries are recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state in the course of the last week. That merely brings the total up from 147 to 157, but it’s a big deal nevertheless because for the first time it includes quite a few big, rich Western countries...

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