Andrew Dickens: The issue of recognising Palestine as a state

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Aug 11, 2025 · 2m · transcript

So the big question of today is whether New Zealand should join other nations in recognising a Palestinian state.

Now this is a much bigger question than it seems. For some it's easy - call Palestine a state and then they have a legal foothold to fight for some land I guess.

And in a way, we already have done that by calling publicly for a two state solution to the conflict in the Middle East.

But it's easy to confuse nations and states.

States have a multi-layered definition. A state is a political and legal entity with sovereignty over a defined territory and population. It's focus is…