US EditionMacron to Recognize Palestine at UN General Assembly in September
FRANCE, JUL 25 – France will become the first major Western nation to recognize Palestine, aiming to support peace and pressure Israel amid a Gaza crisis with over 59,000 deaths, officials said.
- In a letter to Mahmoud Abbas, Macron announced France will recognize the Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, becoming the first major Western power to do so.
- Facing international and domestic pressure, Macron had considered recognition for months to keep the two-state solution alive, aiming to advance peace efforts.
- Alex de Waal warned that there is no case since World War II of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled, while aid groups including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, and Oxfam report that mass starvation is now widespread.
- In Washington, senior officials called it `a disgrace and a surrender to terrorism`, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was `reckless`.
- The event rescheduled to a ministerial meeting on July 28-29, followed by a heads-of-state gathering at the UNGA in September, could inspire other countries to follow France's lead.
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