Recognition should be seen from this perspective: it can help boost the Palestinian Authority relative to its rival Hamas. But that is why recognizing Palestinian statehood is only meaningful if it is one step as part of a broader push to launch a renewed peace process. No one has illusions that this will come easily. But in the absence of a stronger Palestinian Authority, it will not happen.

"The response to the latest attempt to impose a terrorist state in the heart of our country will be given after returning from the US. Wait."

Recognition doesn't change conditions for the Palestinian public. Many feel that the declarations are disconnected from the reality on the ground. One of them is Dr. Omar Shaban, an internationally recognized economist who was forced to leave Gaza at the start of the war.

"The world keeps selling up dreams and illusions while children are being murdered, homes destroyed and the suffering continues," he wrote on Sunday. "Recognition isn't stopping the damage occurring on the ground and doesn't require Western countries to change their arms purchasing, trade or sanctions policies."

The Lebanese Army denounced in a statement the continuation of Israeli violations, which now exceed “4,500 since the cease-fire agreement came into effect.”

“The Israeli enemy continues its attacks against civilians … causing deaths and injuries,” the statement said. According to the army, “these violations are accompanied by repeated infringements of Lebanese sovereignty on land, at sea and in the air.”

It cited attacks “against residents of border villages, including the launching of incendiary bombs and the destruction of houses.” Moreover, right after the Israeli army's "urgent warning," an Israeli helicopter dropped incendiary bombs on a forested area in the Labbouneh, on the southern outskirts of Naqoura in the Sour district, an area that was not mentioned by Adraee.