𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

 -- Nasir Khan

Pro. Ilan Pappe has offered an objective and realistic assessment of what the present recognition of Palestine by a few Western governments means. Not many political activists have bought the charade of recognition because this political step has not challenged the cornerstone of the Zionist colonial occupation and the ongoing unspeakable savagery of the Israeli mass murders of the besieged Palestinians of Gaza and the physical destruction of Gaza. 

 
However, Ilan Pappe also cautiously points to some positive aspects inherent in the recognition and its ramifications. As an old activist and academic, his views carry weight and should be carefully analysed by people who oppose what the US-backed Israeli criminals have been and are still doing, with much bravado and total immunity.