@DropBear@Alpha1Nine I won’t address the ‘whataboutism’ because that is your reading. I wanted to highlight the fact that in international affairs, things are rarely (not to say never) one-sided or simple. State sovereignty is a complex entity but one of it’s characteristic is the ‘unity’ of the people behind a national identity. Even in Belgium’s case (where political and linguistic fractures have marred its olitical stability) for as long as I can remember) there is a national consensual view of its Statehood. With Palestine we have two opposting political groups, divided along geographical as well as political lines vyiing for recognition. On the Payman matter, my view is simple, she knew Labor had rules when she ran for office and she broke one of them.