Macron Leads Europe to Self-Defeat

Seventy-eight years have passed since the UN proposed ending the British Mandate and dividing Palestine into two states — one for Jews and one for Arabs. The Jewish state prospered; the Arab state never materialized.

Some people never give up.

The latest headline-grabbing move by French president Emmanuel Macron, which the UK and Canada joined, trying to create something from nothing by recognizing a Palestinian state at next month’s UN General Assembly, is also destined to fail. Their real goal is to punish Israel and pressure the Netanyahu government to declare a ceasefire in Gaza before September or face a showdown at the UN. They also have ulterior motives — to boost their fading relevance on the world stage, please their growing Muslim populations, and appease their far-left supporters.

Far beneath the surface, Europe’s efforts to back a project it has no power to enforce highlight the continent’s political rot and moral decline.

The weekend edition of Politico magazine summed it up with an opinion piece that shows just how far Europe has strayed, under the bold headline: “Europe’s Future Depends on Confrontation, Not Compromise.”