Recognising Palestine: Why now, and what does it mean? | Start Here | Digital Series
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Why more countries are recognising the State of Palestine.
The United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia are among a new wave of countries planning to recognise Palestine as a state at this year’s United Nations General Assembly meeting. What does this actually mean? And what, if anything, does it change?
This episode features:
Shibley Telhami | Professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland
Diana Buttu | Palestinian lawyer and analyst
Michael Lynk | Professor emeritus of law at Western University and former United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories
Published On 10 Sep 202510 Sep 2025
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