Emmanuel Macron announces that France will recognize the State of Palestine in September
Opinion (with AFP)
PARIS – France will recognize the Palestine State in September at the UN, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday, hoping to create a collective dynamic in this sense, a decision immediately criticized by Israel as a “reward for terror” but praised in Ryad. “True to its historical commitment to a fair and lasting peace in the Middle East, I decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine. I will make the solemn announcement to the United Nations General Assembly, next September, “wrote the French head of state on X and Instagram. France will then co -reside with Saudi Arabia an international conference at the level of the heads of state and government aimed at relaunching the so -called “Palestinian and Israeli solution. This conference, initially scheduled for June, had been postponed at the last minute due to the war between Israel and Iran. In the interval, a ministerial meeting will be held on July 28 and 29 in New York. Day, at least 142 states have recognized a Palestinian State, according to a statement by AFP. “Let us be clear: the Palestinians do not seek to obtain a state alongside Israel, they are looking for a state in the place of Israel,” he said. “Mobilization”. Hamas, by calling for other countries to follow this example. had opened the way to a possible recognition in a joint declaration. but since then, none of the three countries had taken the plunge. Not in Europe. “We must protect what (Benjamin) Netanyahu is trying to destroy. Committed to a demilitarization of the Islamist movement of Hamas, at the origin of the attacks of October 7, 2023 in Israel, within the framework of a future Palestinian State. Builders in favor of the two-state solution, considers the French president, hoping to convince the Israelis that she is also in their interest. Palestinian, subject to a blockade which deprives them of vital humanitarian aid. will grant Hamas “an unexpected institutional and international legitimacy”.