You Say You Support a Palestinian State, Here’s Why You Can’t Also Demand Disarmament

Germany’s foreign ministry recently repeated a common Western stance:

“Germany supports the right of the Palestinian people to their own state… Hamas must lay down its weapons and must not play a political role again.”

This echoes a wider international message. Western leaders say they support Palestinian statehood, but only if the resistance is disarmed and certain factions excluded. Although this position may sound balanced, in reality, it is deeply contradictory and…