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French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognise Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.
- Macron said in a post on social media that he will formalise the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September.
"Given its historic commitment to a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the state of Palestine,'' Macron posted.
″Peace is possible.''
He also posted a letter he sent to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about the decision.
He also posted a letter he sent to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about the decision.
US, Israel condemn France’s move to recognise Palestinian state
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized France’s ‘reckless decision’ that he said ‘only serves Hamas propaganda’.
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington “strongly rejects” French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state, as the administration of President Donald Trump announced it would not attend an upcoming United Nations conference seeking a two-state solution for Palestinians.
- Posting on X late on Thursday, Rubio criticised Macron’s “reckless decision”, which he said “only serves Hamas propaganda and sets back peace”
“In keeping with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the State of Palestine,”
---- Macron wrote on X.
- At least 142 countries out of the 193 members of the UN currently recognize or plan to recognize a Palestinian state.
- But several powerful Western countries – including the US, the United Kingdom and Germany – have refused to do so.
But Macron’s decision would make France – one of Israel’s closest allies and a G7 member – the largest and arguably most influential country in Europe to make the move.
Voices of Gaza speak of starvation and survival
Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
a writer and poet from Gaza
This is not a warning.
Famine has already arrived in Gaza. It is not a metaphor, nor is it a prediction. It is a daily reality.
It is the child who wakes up asking for biscuits that no longer exist. The student who studies for exams while faint from hunger.
It is the mother who cannot explain to her son why there is no bread.
And it is the silence of the world that makes this horror possible.
21h ago
(09:45 GMT)
Hamas says it bombed Israeli army site in Gaza, Israel claims it landed near aid site
Hamas claims to have bombed an Israeli command and control site in the so-called Morag Corridor last night in southern Gaza with a short-range missile.
The Israeli army said a projectile was fired from Khan Younis that
landed 250 metres (820 feet) from a GHF distribution site in Rafah.
- Despite the attack, the army said, the aid point was open today, distributing “tens of thousands of weekly food packages” to families.
- Israel has accused, in the past, Palestinian armed groups of being responsible for thwarting distribution efforts in Gaza – a claim rejected by Hamas and other groups.
The US- and Israel-backed GHF has drawn widespread criticism for its modus operandi, with the UN calling it a “death trap” for aid seekers. The UN human rights office said more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food since May.
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