Britain’s recognition of a Palestinian state, swiftly joined by France, Canada, Australia and other Western partners, has turned a diplomatic ripple into a tide. What began as a bold but isolated step has quickly gathered international weight, demonstrating that the debate over Palestinian sovereignty is no longer confined to the margins of global politics.

For the first time in years, the world’s most powerful democracies are moving in concert to affirm that the Palestinian people deserve a political horizon beyond occupation and blockade. This widening coalition signals that the debate is no longer a regional quarrel but a global reckoning, where moral urgency and strategic necessity are beginning to outweigh old alliances and habitual caution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose the stage of the United Nations to push back with characteristic force. His address was a calculated performance of defiance, denouncing the recognitions as a “mark of shame” and........

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