Particle.news
Download on the App Store
133 ARTICLES
·
last mo.

France to Recognize Palestine at UN General Assembly in September

Paris expects its planned recognition of Palestine will catalyze humanitarian relief efforts within Macron’s conditional statehood framework.

Image
Image
Image
Image

Overview

  • Macron announced on July 24 that France will formally recognize Palestine before the UN General Assembly in September to break the Gaza stalemate.
  • The recognition is tied to prerequisites including a Gaza ceasefire, unfettered humanitarian aid and the demilitarization of Hamas as outlined in Macron’s July letter to President Abbas.
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the move as rewarding terrorism and undermining peace prospects.
  • Germany signaled it will defer recognition until concrete advances emerge from two-state negotiations and security improvements in Gaza.
  • France follows Norway, Ireland and Spain in formally acknowledging Palestine, underscoring an EU divide with the US, UK and Germany on statehood timing.