Michel L. quoted Recognizing the Stranger by Isabella Hammad
Nine days before October 7, 2023, award-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said …
In the language of both law and literaryform, then, recognition is a kind of knowing that should incur the responsibility to act for it to have any value beyond personal epiphanies, or appeasing the critics of the one doing the recognizing. Great effort is required to ensure that such a moment marks the middle of the story, and not the finale. Another act must follow.
— Recognizing the Stranger by Isabella Hammad (Page 50)
Given the imminent recognition of Palestine as a state by more and more Western powers, this really rings true. We should ensure that is followed up and not end up as empty words.