US EditionFrance Says Palestinian Authority Makes ‘Unprecedented Commitments’ to Reform Ahead of Conference on Statehood | News Channel 3-12
- On Tuesday, France announced that the Palestinian Authority made unprecedented commitments to reform ahead of a U.N. conference in June in Paris and Riyadh.
- These commitments come after Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack launched by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, in a letter to President Macron, in which he also called for additional reforms.
- Since 2004, Abbas has led the Palestinian Authority, which governs limited areas within the Israeli-occupied West Bank after Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007; the PA has consistently denounced Hamas and advocated for the group’s disarmament.
- France and Saudi Arabia will co-host the June 17-20 U.N. conference aiming to advance peace, with Macron potentially recognizing Palestine to support reforms and ease domestic tensions.
- France’s efforts could position it as a leading Western backer of Palestinian statehood, but Israel opposes recognition, warning it rewards Hamas, and internal debates about Islamophobia persist in France.
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Emmanuel Macron is well aware of this: there is no alternative to the two-state solution. That is why the plan he set up in coordination with Saudi Arabia must be tried, even if the obstacles remain numerous.
Did the Palestinian Authority president really condemn the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023?
Abbas has actually never come forward to tell his people that murdering men, women, children and the elderly is wrong and reprehensible. Why? Because the victims are Israelis. By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute France claimed this month that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas had condemned the invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023 by Hamas, the Iran-backed terrorist group. During the attack, Hamas terrorists and other Palestini…
Palestinian Authority President: ’Hamas Must Exit Gaza’
Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), has requested Hamas quit the Gaza Strip and condemned, for the first time, the October 7th pogrom. The comments appear in a letter from the PA chief both to President Emmanuel Macron of France and to Saudi Arabian diplomats.The letter was written ahead of next week’s United Nations summit, partly initiated by Macron, which claims it will attempt to work out the terms of a ‘two-state solution…
At the Palestine Conference in New York, France relies on the leverage of recognition and hopes for Donald Trump. But will he play along?
On Thursday, June 12, Emmanuel Macron greeted Mahmoud Abbas' letter of "hope, courage and clarity" before a UN conference on the war in Gaza next week. In this missive, the President of the Palestinian Authority is making a series of commitments to "tracing the road to a horizon of peace". - "Security and peace": Emmanuel Macron welcomes Mahmoud Abbas's (International) proposals for Gaza.
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