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US Ambassador to Israel Suggests France Cede Côte d’Azur for Palestinian State

The suggestion deepens tensions with Paris over Palestinian state recognition just weeks before France co-hosts a UN meeting on the two-state solution.

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Der US-Botschafter für Israel, Mike Huckabee, konterte die Aussagen des französischen Präsidenten Emmanuel Macron. (Archivbild).
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Overview

  • Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, told Fox News that if France truly wants a Palestinian state it should cede part of its Côte d’Azur coastline.
  • President Emmanuel Macron has described establishing a Palestinian state as both a moral duty and a political necessity.
  • France and Saudi Arabia will convene a United Nations conference in New York next month to advance an Israel-Palestine two-state plan.
  • Israel’s government has reaffirmed its opposition to an independent Palestinian state and vowed to establish a Jewish-Israeli state in the West Bank.
  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly criticized the scale of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and the resulting humanitarian emergency there.