Frustration, Gaza Alarm Drove Macron To Go It Alone On Palestine Recognition

Paris, 26 July (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron announced that in September of France, the United Nations Security Council, which recognizes the Palestinian state, will become the first Western member.

But he didn’t get out of the blue.

When Macron visited Egyptian town Al-Araish on the Gaza border in April, he was influenced by the human crisis and made it clear that Paris would soon prefer to be recognized on his return home.

Macron, who works with Saudi Arabia, enabled France to Plus G7 allies to recognize the Palestinian state of England and Canada and push the Arab states to adopt a softer attitude towards Israel through the United Nations Conference. However, despite the weeks that lasted for weeks, others could not put others on the ship.

The three diplomats said London did not want to face the wrath of the United States, and that Otawa took a similar stance and left Macron alone.

A French diplomat added that France would work to get more states before a two -state solution conference in September and said, “It has become increasingly clear that we cannot expect to be a partner on the ship.”

In Turkey, Macron was under increasing pressure to do something in the midst of widespread anger in the sad images of Gaza. Although both in Europe, the greatest Muslim and Jewish communities and a polarized political landscape, there was no significant way of action to satisfy all sides.

Israel and loyal supporter, the United States, exploded the movement of France, and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, who ruled Gaza and triggered the current war on 7 October 2023, was awarded.

Macron discussed the issue extensively with both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump said on Friday, France’s decision was not “weight, but added that Macron was a“ good man ”.

At a previously scheduled conference in the United Nations in June, French authorities evaluated an announcement to draw a roadmap to a applicable Palestinian state, hosted by France and Saudi Arabia and ensured the security of Israel.

However, the conference was postponed in the midst of US intensive diplomatic pressure and was given to Iran after Israeli air strikes.

Macron’s announcement on Thursday is now linked to a re -planned and revived version of the UN Conference, which plans to take place on Monday and Tuesday.

This meeting will be at the ministerial level, but Paris decided that the United Nations General Assembly, when Macron announced the official recognition, will organize a second event with the heads of state and heads of government.

Some analysts say Macron’s recognition carrots use Mahmud Abbas, the President of Palestinian Authority, a moderate rival for Hamas and other regional players.

“Here, Macron acts as a catalyst to ensure that Palestinians realize the necessary reforms, to ensure that the Arabs are disarmed,” he said.

Others say that even if the recognition is a symbolic value, it will not be a Palestinian state that still works when the war in Gaza ends.

“Recognition of a European heavyweight like France is an indication of the increasing disappointment of Israel’s uncompromising policies,” the International Crisis Group senior analyst Amjad Iraq said.

“What is the meaning of recognizing if they do very little to prevent a state from turning into ruins?”

The French authorities point to the intense Israeli lobby for months to prevent Macron’s movement – and Netanyahu’s violent criticism – as proof that it is very important for Israeli leaders.

Sources familiar with the issue, Israel’s warnings to France, to reclaim intelligence sharing to complexity of Paris’s regional initiatives – the West Bank’s parts of the possible annexation of the possible annexation, he says.

However, the French authorities concluded that Netanyahu would do everything he thought he was in the West Bank’s interests, regardless of what France is doing about the recognition.

On Wednesday, the Israeli Parliament voted in favor of a non -binding statement that called the government to the West Bank to the West Bank, which was seen as an actual annexation of the region. Added to the urgency in Paris.

“If there is a moment to get to know a Palestinian state in history, I can say that even if there is a moment to get to know the Palestinian state in history, then that moment comes,” he said. (Reporting by John Irish and Michel Rose; regulation by Peter Graff)