Trump administration to boycott UN Palestinian statehood summit in New York

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The Trump administration is about to boycott a high-level summit on Palestinian statehood, co-sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, scheduled to happen at United Nations headquarters in New York Metropolis on Monday.

The occasion was initially deliberate for June with French President Emmanuel Macron in attendance however was postponed because of the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran. Representatives from greater than 50 nations are anticipated to talk on the Excessive-level Worldwide Convention for the Peaceable Settlement of the Query of Palestine, with dozens of further international locations listed as members.

Reuters reported last month {that a} U.S. diplomatic cable had urged governments to skip the "counterproductive" U.N. occasion, which Washington described as an impediment to efforts to finish the conflict in Gaza.

"The truth that the French and the Saudis couldn't be dissuaded from manufacturing this newest stumbling block to peace is a finger within the eye to President Trump," Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices and director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, informed Fox Information Digital.

TRUMP SHRUGS OFF FRANCE’S RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE AS RUBIO, PROMINENT REPUBLICANS BLAST MOVE

French President Emmanuel Macron took to X on Thursday to announce France's formal recognition of the Palestinian State on the United Nations Normal Meeting in September. (TERESA SUAREZ/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

"American taxpayers are paying 1 / 4 of the prices of this U.N. monstrosity, warmongers dressed up as peaceniks. Why are we nonetheless footing U.N. payments?"

Bayefsky added, "This newest U.N. confab embodies the rejectionist tradition: shove a Palestinian state down Israel's throat, with out negotiations, and with out Palestinian acceptance of the Jewish state. It arrogantly appropriates the suitable to resolve land possession and who, what, the place is authorized and unlawful.

"After October 7, and the truth that the Palestinian Authority serves as Hamas's wingman on the worldwide stage, it's painfully clear that an armed Palestinian state means extra conflict, not peace," she mentioned.

Hamas terrorists take up positions forward of a hostage launch in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP)

In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche on Sunday, French International Minister Jean-Noel Barrot mentioned that "the prospect of a Palestinian state has by no means been so threatened—nor so mandatory."

"[It is] threatened by the destruction of the Gaza Strip, rampant Israeli settlement growth within the West Financial institution that undermines the very concept of territorial continuity, and the resignation of the worldwide group," he mentioned.

"[It is] mandatory, as a result of anticipating to realize a long-lasting ceasefire, the discharge of hostages held by Hamas, and its give up with out first outlining a political horizon is an phantasm," he added.

French Minister for Europe and International Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech throughout the annual convention of French ambassadors on the Worldwide Convention Centre of the French International Affairs ministry in Paris on Jan. 6, 2025. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool by way of REUTERS/File Picture)

Monday's occasion comes on the backdrop of Macron's resolution to acknowledge a Palestinian state. The formal declaration could be made on the U.N. Normal Meeting in September.

President Donald Trump instantly dismissed the transfer, arguing that Macron's assertion "would not matter."

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee mocked Paris' resolution in a sequence of social media posts. "How intelligent! If Macron can simply ‘declare’ the existence of a state maybe the U.Ok. can ‘declare’ France a British colony!" Huckabee wrote.

TRUMP SLAMS EUROPE OVER IMMIGRATION, SAYS ‘HORRIBLE INVASION’ IS KILLING THE CONTINENT

Memorials on the web site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror assault on the Supernova music competition close to Kibbutz Re'im, Israel, on Monday, Could 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)

In Could, Huckabee told Fox News Digital, "If France is de facto so decided to see a Palestinian state, I've a suggestion for them—carve out a bit of the French Riviera."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an announcement condemning Paris' transfer "to acknowledge a Palestinian state subsequent to Tel Aviv within the wake of the Oct. 7 bloodbath."

Key European nations haven't but backed Macron’s initiative, with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stating on Saturday that recognizing a Palestinian state was untimely.

"I'm very a lot in favor of the State of Palestine, however I'm not in favor of recognizing it previous to establishing it," Meloni mentioned. "If one thing that doesn’t exist is acknowledged on paper, the issue might look like solved when it isn’t."

A German authorities spokesperson mentioned on Friday, "Israel’s safety is of paramount significance," and due to this fact Berlin "has no plans to acknowledge a Palestinian state within the quick time period."

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 72nd United Nations Normal Meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Reuters)

In a video assertion on Friday, U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned he's "engaged on a pathway to peace within the area centered on the sensible options that may make an actual distinction to the lives of those that are struggling on this conflict."

Against this, NATO member and U.S. ally Turkey welcomed the French transfer, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulating Macron throughout a cellphone name between the 2 leaders.

Avi Pazner, former Israeli ambassador to France and Italy, informed Fox Information Digital that there's "no rational rationalization" for Macron's resolution, as everybody understands that it's "not possible."

Pazner advised that Macron could also be making an attempt to realize credibility with France's important Muslim and Arab minorities, which some estimate to be between 8%- 10% of the nation.

Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow on the Carnegie Endowment for Worldwide Peace and a former negotiator on the State Division underneath each Democratic and Republican administrations, informed Fox Information Digital that Trump has his personal set of goals and sensibilities relating to the problem of Palestinian statehood.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a management assembly in Ramallah, the West Financial institution, on April 23, 2025. (REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman)

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"It was the view of successive administrations that unilateral statehood would prejudge and undermine the circumstances mandatory for negotiations," he added. "If France is recognizing a Palestinian state, inside what borders? What occurs to Jerusalem? What in regards to the Jordan Valley? Would land swaps compensate for territory deemed important by Israel for safety? Declaring statehood prematurely prejudges the end result of negotiations, and that was the place taken by these administrations."

The French and Saudi-sponsored convention is anticipated to run by means of Tuesday.

Amelie Botbol is a contract journalist primarily based in Tel Aviv. Her articles have appeared within the New York Publish, Canada’s Nationwide Publish, and the Washington Occasions. Amelie might be adopted on X @DatReporter