“I imagine that recognizing the state of Palestine, with out there being a state of Palestine, may really be counterproductive to the target,” the prime minister stated.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced this week that France could be the newest European nation — and the primary within the G7 — to acknowledge Palestinian statehood. Macron stated Paris will make the popularity on the United Nations Common Meeting in September.
“The urgency as we speak is to finish the battle in Gaza and to offer assist to the civilian inhabitants,” Macron wrote in a press release posted on-line. “The French individuals need peace within the Center East. It’s as much as us, the French, along with the Israelis, the Palestinians, and our European and worldwide companions, to exhibit that it’s doable.”
Macron’s announcement was welcomed by Palestinian officers however has been criticized by the US and Israel, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the choice “rewards terror” following the October 2023 assault by the Hamas militant group on Israel.
Some 147 nations out of the 193 members of the U.N. presently acknowledge or plan to acknowledge a Palestinian state. Eleven of the 27 EU member nations have already acknowledged Palestinian statehood, together with Spain, Romania, Sweden, Eire and Bulgaria.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has rejected calls to instantly acknowledge a Palestinian state, whereas a German authorities spokesperson stated on Friday that Berlin was not planning to acknowledge a Palestinian state within the brief time period and that its precedence is to make “long-overdue progress” towards a two-state resolution.
