The Reality Check of the Palestinian Authority

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There was never a state of Palestine, and until relatively recently there was no such thing as Palestinian Arab national identity. My grandparents were Palestinians, Jewish Palestinians, designated as such by the British because they were living in British mandate Palestine. Jerusalem is special. It does after all post the places, the holy places of the Abrahamic religions. All we need is to extend to Israel the same courtesy that we extend to every single country in the world.

Many of Israel's supporters, including Donald Trump, claim Jerusalem should be recognised as the country's capital city. After all, it has been the Jewish people's spiritual capital for millennia. But will recognising Jerusalem be the death blow for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Arguing in favour of the motion "The World Should Recognise Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital" were Ehud Omert, former Israeli Prime Minister; and Natasha Hausdorff, barrister at Six Pump Court Chambers and a director of the NGO ‘UK Lawyers for Israel’. Against them were former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and leading Palestinian activist, academic and writer Ghada Karmi. The debate was chaired by Emily Maitlis, presenter of BBC Newsnight and one of the UK's best known broadcasters.

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