ISTANBUL Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized a decision to recognize Palestine by France, Canada, Australia and the UK as ‘too hasty.’ Blinken wrote Monday in an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal that while the decision was morally correct, it seemed hasty and not focused on the reality of the situation. “Yet with the Gaza crisis still unfolding, this focus on recognition seems totally beside the more pressing realities. Amid the suffering of Palestinian civilians and