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The Creation of the State of Palestine:
V. Conclusion
It has to be said that the case for Palestinian statehood presented by Boyle is weak and unconvincing. Indeed it is weaker and more unconvincing than it need have been, having regard to some of the post-1945 developments, and in particular to the case of Guinea Bissau. But if that case is to be justified on the premise "nasciturus pro jam natus habetur",15 the fact remains that a real State of Palestine is by no means yet assured. For a Palestinian State to be properly described as "nasciturus", what is needed is statesmanship on all sides, and respect for the rights of the peoples and states of the region. The manipulation of legal categories is unlikely to advance matters.
15 See Crawford, supra note 391-2.
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