Why the Rush to Recognize “Palestine”?

Why the rush to recognize “Palestine”?
I cover the UN procedure (SC recommendation + GA admission), the Montevideo checklist, the 2012 → 2024–2025 timeline, and a testable hypothesis: beyond diplomacy, some leaders may be using recognition as a domestic pressure-valve. I also spell out the data-gap on crime stats so we keep the analysis honest.

Data reality (short): Germany/France publish detailed suspect stats; Netherlands uses migration-background; UK/Ireland don’t publish crime by immigration status (prison nationality is only a proxy). EU has prisoners-by-citizenship, which isn’t the same as offenders-by-status.