2025年9月21日，上外中东研究所朱威烈教授和刘中民教授就西方多国承认巴勒斯坦接受Global Times采访（见Global Times2025年9月22日第1-2版），全文如下：
More US allies announce recognition of State of Palestine
Recognition for Palestine is gaining momentum as several Western countries, including the UK, Canada and Australia, announced on Sunday the recognition of the State of Palestine ahead of the general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
UK prime minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state. Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognizes the State of Palestine, he says, according to BBC.
Australia's Albanese government on Sunday formally recognized Palestine as an independent state. Australian Prime Minister Anothony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong in a statement said that Sunday's recognition, alongside Canada and the UK, is part of a coordinated international effort to build new momentum for a two-state solution, according to a statement Albanese posted on X.
Canada issued a declaration Sunday officially recognizing the state of Palestine, a significant shift in this country's foreign policy that previously said such recognition would only come after a negotiated peace agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, according to Canadian media the Globe and Mail.
In a statement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada believes it can no longer wait because the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is eroding.
In a statement on Friday, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Portugal's recognition of State of Palestine will take place on Sunday, a day before a high-level conference on Palestinian statehood at the UNGA, according to Al Jazeera.
Earlier on Friday, an adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron said that Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and San Marino plan to recognize the State of Palestine alongside France at the high-level meeting it is co-organizing with Saudi Arabia in New York on Monday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday expounded China's views on the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict during talks with Foreign Minister of Morocco Nasser Bourita in Beijing on Friday, Xinhua reported.
Noting that the international community should unite in the face of the current emergency situation, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said it is necessary to promote a comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza with the greatest sense of urgency to alleviate the current humanitarian disaster. Countries that have a special influence on Israel should take their responsibilities earnestly, and the United Nations Security Council and humanitarian agencies should also fulfill their duties.
Wang stressed the necessity to firmly adhere to the two-state solution, pool more international consensus and form a more unified position. He called for supporting Palestine's full membership in the UN on the basis of recognizing the State of Palestine, seeking feasible paths to advancing the two-state solution, and rejecting any unilateral actions that erode the two-state solution.
A growing majority of UN member states now recognize the State of Palestine, and the number continues to rise, underscoring the steady strengthening of its international legitimacy, Wang Jin, an associate professor at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies at Northwest University in Xi'an, told the Global Times on Sunday.
Wang Jin noted that while resolutions passed by the UNGA lack the binding legal force of Security Council decisions, they nonetheless embody legitimacy and reasonableness, laying an important legal foundation for resolving the Palestinian question in the future.
Continued indulgence
However, on the other hand, Israel's ongoing occupation of Gaza and expansion of settlements in the West Bank continue to threat the exercise of Palestinian sovereignty, Liu Zhongmin, a professor at the Middle East Studies Institute of Shanghai International Studies University, told the Global Times.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said the world should not be intimidated by Israel as it continues its offensive in Gaza, adding that the international community should try to put pressure on Israel to keep it from annexing the West Bank, according to AFP.
At least 55 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since dawn, according to sources in the territory's hospitals who spoke to Al Jazeera on Sunday. At least 37 of the victims were in Gaza City, sources said.
There will be no Palestinian state, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told settlers in the West Bank last week. This place is ours. We will see to our heritage, our land and our security, the BBC reported.
The US has also strongly criticized countries moving to recognize Palestine, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing France's announcement of recognizing the State of Palestine as a reckless decision that only serves Hamas propaganda, Al Jazeera reported.
The US vetoed on Thursday a draft UN Security Council resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and that Israel lift all restrictions on aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave, per Reuters.
Washington's continued indulgence of Israel is leaving both increasingly isolated within the international community, Zhu Weilie, distinguished professor of the Middle East Studies Institute of the Shanghai International Studies University, told the Global Times.
With world leaders realizing they cannot rely on the US for leadership on issues like Gaza and Ukraine, this week's UNGA becomes a rare platform to try to up the international ante on Israel, Australia's ABC reported.
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