French President Macron Says France Will Recognize Palestine As A State
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state in the midst of global anger over people who died in Gaza.
Macron said he would formalize the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September in a mission in X. “What is urgent today is the stop of the war in Gaza and the rescue of the civilian population.”
The French President offered support to Israel after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 and often spoke against anti -Semitism, but Israel’s war in Gaza was increasingly disappointed, especially in recent months.
France is the largest and most powerful European country to recognize Palestine. More than 140 countries recognize a Palestinian state, including more than a dozen in Europe.
France has the largest Jewish population in Europe and the largest Muslim population in Western Europe, and fighting in the Middle East is usually poured into protests or other tensions in France.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry did not have an immediate comment.
French Foreign Minister is hosting a conference on a two -state solution at the UN next week. Last month, Macron expressed his “determination to recognize the Palestinian state ve and pushed himself for a wider movement towards a two -state solution in parallel with the recognition of Israel and the right to defense.
The announcement of Thursday, the United States in Qatar short Gaza cease -fire talks shortly after cutting Hamas did not show goodwill, he said.
He has gained momentum against Israel in recent days. At the beginning of this week, France and more than two dozens of European countries condemned Israel’s restrictions on the aid sent to the region and the murder of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach food.
Palestinians are looking for an independent state In the occupied West BankIsrael annexed East Jerusalem and Gaza, occupied in the 1967 Middle East War. Most of the Israeli government and political class have long been opposed the Palestinian state, and now says that Hamas will reward the militants after the attack after 7 October 2023.
Shortly after the 1967 War of Israel annexed East Jerusalem and sees it as a part of the capital. In the West Bank, he built settlements similar to expanding suburbs, which are currently hosting more than 500,000 Jewish settlers with Israeli citizenship. The region’s 3 million Palestinian Israeli military administration, and the Palestinian authority is a limited autonomy in the population centers.
