Macron’s delusion: Recognizing a Palestinian state that doesn’t exist

France’s Emmanuel Macron and his Western allies have plunged headfirst into diplomatic delusion. By promising to recognize a “State of Palestine” at the UN General Assembly this month, Macron is not advancing peace—he is rewarding terrorism, undermining international law, and indulging in a fantasy that has no basis in reality.

Let’s be brutally clear: there is no Palestinian state. None. Not legally, not practically, not politically. What exists instead are two hostile entities—the corrupt Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, barely clinging to power, and Hamas in Gaza, a jihadist group that just two years ago orchestrated the October 7, 2023 massacre of over a thousand Israeli civilians. 

This is not sovereignty—it is warlordism wrapped in the flag of victimhood.

For Macron and others—Canada, Belgium, Australia, and a wobbly Britain—to speak of “recognition” is pure hypocrisy. 

These same governments lecture the world about the “rules-based international order.” Yet they are now attempting to recognize a state with no borders, no functioning institutions, and no capacity for governance. It is a mockery of international law and a grotesque insult to every nation that actually built its sovereignty through blood, sweat, and legitimacy.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar was right: tying recognition to nothing—no negotiations, no peace, no recognition of Israel’s existence—only makes peace more impossible. 

This isn’t diplomacy; it’s sabotage. And Israel will be forced to respond with unilateral measures of its own, a scenario created entirely by Europe’s reckless moral posturing.

Meanwhile, Hamas smiles. Every Western recognition is another propaganda victory, another excuse to claim international legitimacy while continuing rocket attacks, kidnappings, and genocidal rhetoric. 

Macron and his allies may think they are helping “Palestinians,” but in reality, they are empowering the very terrorists who hold Palestinians hostage.

And here is the deeper hypocrisy: these leaders know the truth. They know that “Palestine” does not meet the criteria for statehood. 

They know it will not bring peace. But they also know it plays well with certain European audiences and with activist lobbies obsessed with punishing Israel at any cost. This is politics dressed up as morality—a cynical betrayal of peace and a dangerous encouragement of violence.

A state cannot be conjured into existence by applause in New York. Recognition without reality is not diplomacy; it is delusion. And Macron’s delusion may well cost lives—not just in Israel, but across a Middle East that deserves peace, not empty gestures.