US EditionThe Politics of Postponing Palestine
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A majority of French opposed an immediate and unconditional recognition of the Palestinian state. The issue was: the security environment, Hamas' continued presence and the fear of an impact in France.
Officially, the Israeli strikes in Iran led the Elysée to repel the great United Nations Mass scheduled for June 18 in New York, in the presence of the very influential Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Ben Salman. A summit meeting during which Emmanuel Macron could have crossed the diplomatic Rubicon by recognizing the Palestinian State. Officially, it is probably a providential setback, as this conference looked like a perilous diplomatic balancing…
This is one of the consequences of the Israeli attack on Iran last week, the international conference in New York on the two-state solution has been postponed sine die. And so, with it, the possible recognition of France from a Palestinian state. What to upset the left, who organized this Tuesday a press conference in a Parisian café to reiterate its determination on this issue.
According to 58 percent of those surveyed, immediate recognition would increase tensions between Israel and Iran, while 51 percent fear an increase in anti-Semitic acts in France.
The politics of postponing Palestine
As attention shifts towards Israel’s attacks on Iran, where does Palestine stand? Just a few weeks ago, anticipation for the joint France-Saudi Arabia conference on the two-state paradigm was gradually building, albeit with no particular expectations other than statements of promise to symbolically recognise a Palestinian state. If symbolic recognition of a hypothetical Palestinian state is one of the weakest forms of support the international c…
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