In a move of high symbolism and substance, the French president decided to proceed Emmanuel Macron heralding the recognition of Palestinian state From France, in September.
Emmanuel Macron announced it yesterday (24/07/25) by putting a burlap in the Western world but also the Israel and the US that are their strongest ally. Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestinian state in September during the UN General Assembly, giving a new momentum to the issue.
His decision was immediately condemned by Israel seeing ‘Reward of terrorism’ And the US “rejected” a few hours later. The decision of the leader of the French state “rewards terror,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Let us be clear: Palestinians do not seek to acquire a state on the side of Israel, they seek to acquire a state in place of Israel.”he still said.
Israel’s most vigorous ally, The US, “reject strongly” The French plan, a decision that noted that it was impossible to remove and will remove “peace”. This is “slap on the victims of the victims of 7 October 2023”, the US Secretary of State Mark Rubio.
“Faithful to the historical commitment to a fair and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France would recognize the state of Palestine. I will make the official announcement at the United Nations General Assembly next September ยปEarlier, French President Macron and X and Instagram said.
Summit for the Middle East
France will co -chair in September, along with Saudi Arabia, at an international meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government aimed at giving a new impetus to the so -called solution of the two states, Israel and Palestine. This meeting was initially planned to be organized in June, but was postponed at the last minute because of the Israeli war with Iran. In the interim, there is a meeting of ministers on the 28th and 29th of July in New York. To date, a Palestinian state have recognized at least 142 countries.
The Vice President of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine (OPA) Husseine al -Sheikh He praised Mr Macron’s decision on the “establishment of our independent state”. It is about “Positive Step,” Hamas bid urging other governments to mimic the French example.
OR Saudi Arabia He welcomed the “historical” decision of Paris and urged other governments to take “similar positive measures”.
France “will mobilize all those international partners who would like to participate” in the initiative, Mr Macron said in a letter to the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.
It all started on May 19, when Britain, Canada and France paved the way for possible recognition with a joint declaration. But since then, none of the three countries had made real traffic.
On July 10during his visit to Britain, Mr Macron called for a common recognition of Palestinian state by Paris and London – but there has been no continuation so far.
In May 2024, Ireland, Spain and Norway, to which Slovenia was added a month later, had already taken this step in Europe. “Together, we must protect what the (Israeli Prime Minister) Netanyahu is trying to destroy. The solution of the two states is the only solution, “commented Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Europe’s divided
Europe remains divided on the issue. Germany, in particular, believes that recognition would send a “wrong message” at this time.
In a letter bearing date June 9 and was addressed to French President Macron, the president of Palestinian Abbas He promised the demilitarization of the Palestinian Islamist Movement, the military arm of which launched the raid in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, the trigger of the war in the Gaza Strip as part of the future Palestinian state.
He also said he would organize parliamentary and presidential elections in 2026 to “enhance the legalization” of the Palestinian Authority and “its power in the future Palestinian state”, including the Gaza Strip, according to the letter of French President Macron.
The French president spoke of positive evidence of the solution of the two states and hope that he would be able to convince Israeli leaders that they are in their own interest.
The announcement was recorded as US special envoy Steve Whitkov acknowledged the “failure” of indirect negotiations in Doha to conclude a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
Israel is facing increasing international pressure to put an end to the war and the plight of more than two million inhabitants of the small Palestinian coastal pocket, excluding that it does not allow sufficient amounts of humanitarian aid to be distributed.
With this background, British Prime Minister Kir Starmer announced “Urgent” discussion with his German and France counterparts To examine how the massacres can “stop and distribute the population to the food that has desperate need”.
In France, National Alarm President (far right) Zordan Bardella criticized the “hasty” decision that gives Hamas “unexpected institutional and international legitimacy”. On the contrary, the leader of the disobedient France (Radical Left) Jean-Luc Melanson welcomed the “moral victory”, criticizing that the decision is not implemented immediately.