I have a question. Can recognizing Israel help Palestine?
I believe so
If anything, Israel desired a relationship with us during the Peres years and was looking for us to play a role in the peace process
A non arab country might have had a greater impact in influencing this policy
One has to look beyond just palestine and Israel towards the players that work behind both
Iran for eg uses Palestine as an issue to assert its presence in Lebanon and Syria
The GCC arabs in turn have started working with the Government of Israel backdoor to keep Iran in check
The people in Gaza and west bank don't matter to these two parties
In reality Pakistan may be among the few states(not people- states) who geniunly does care for the Palestinians while most Arab states offer lip service. The Israelis know this and have tried to get a goodwill from us towards them as well.
What all these attempts have been is to get Israel off as an antagonist providing more than usual assistance to India.
In addition, within international diplomacy there is potential to use these soft links on other matters
Nowhere does it signify to Palestine that we have abandoned them nor does it change our stand on the issue
However, since international relations and general statecraft are beyond the general Pakistani population who are usually out of their depth beyond attacking and destroying their own public property to express discontent at issues; none of this will happen