What passes for “world opinion” these days is about to reward Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups for their savage attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. After condemning those attacks soon after they occurred, European and Canadian “statesmen” (I use the term loosely) now see fit to advocate recognition of a Palestinian state because Israel has had the temerity to strike back against its attackers in an effort to prevent its enemies from continuing to wage war against the Jewish state. The leaders of France, Britain, and Canada claim they are responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza for which they blame Israel, but perhaps it also has something to do with the growing Islamic populations in each of those countries. Demography, it seems, is destiny for feckless politicians like Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, and Mark Carney.
Canada’s Islamic population has more than doubled as a proportion of the country’s population since 2001. France has the largest Islamic population in Europe. And in the U.K., the Islamic population has increased by more than 44 percent in the last decade. These demographic trends have political, national security, and cultural effects. To believe that these trends have no impact on the decisions of politicians is naïve. 
Of course, the political leaders of France, the U.K., and Canada are also responding to the one-sided media coverage of the war in Gaza. The international media — including the U.S. media — treats Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu like they treat President Trump. Anti-Israel bias among the media is blatant and unfair. But Netanyahu, like Trump, will not be swayed by a hostile media or, for that matter, hostile “world opinion.” 
Although President Trump acknowledged that there is “real starvation” in Gaza, he has not joined in the chorus of “world opinion” that seeks to reward the horrific brutality of Oct. 7 by recognizing a Palestinian state. Trump said that recognizing a Palestinian state would reward Hamas, a...