WHAT STATE?

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 23, 2025

     AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK, THE UK AND FRANCE. AMONG OTHERS, WILL FORMALLY RECOGNIZE A SO-CALLED “PALESTINIAN STATE.” HOW DO THEY RECOGNIZE SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST?

     THIS IS A REWARD FOR TERRORISTS, A FALSE HOPE THAT IT WILL PACIFY BLOOD THIRSTY GROUPS LIKE HAMAS INTO A PEACEFUL ORGANIZATION.

     FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON CLAIMS THE PALESTINIANS NEED THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE ONE. IT’S CALLED HAMAS. AND GAZA IS WHAT A STATE WOULD LOOK LIKE. GAZANS ELECTED HAMAS. WHY DO UN MEMBERS THINK HAMAS’S RELIGIOUS MANDATE TO ERADICATE ISRAEL AND KILL JEWS WILL BE MOLIFIED BY A STATE? GAZA HAS BEEN USED AS A TERRORIST LAUNCHING PAD AGAINST ISRAEL. SO WOULD A RECOGNIZED STATE.

     THE SON OF THE FOUNDER OF HAMAS, MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF, HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL. HE SAYS: “PALESTINIANISM IS A POLITICAL, VIOLENT MOVEMENT, AND SELF-PROCLAIMED PALESTINIANS ARE THOSE WHO ARE PROFITING OUT OF THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. THEY ARE PERPETRATORS…NOWADAYS I MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN HAMAS AND PALESTINIANS.” YOUSEF SAYS A PALESTINIAN STATE WILL NEVER EXIST. LET’S HOPE NOT. I’M CAL THOMAS.

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Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated newspaper columnist. He has worked for NBCV News, KPRC-TV in Houston and Fox News. 2024 marks his 40th year as a columnist.