This decision, which will be formalized at the United Nations General Assembly in September, is a large turn of one of the most influential European countries in the midst of increasing global indignation due to the state in Gaza.
President Emmanuel Macron announced an X that the decision would formally present in September at the UN General Assembly.
Fidèle à Son Engagement Historique Pour Une Paix Just et Durable Au Proche-Orient, J’ai Décidé Que La France Reconnaîtra L’état de Palestine.
J’en Ferai L’Annon Solennelle à l’assemblée Générale des nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain. … pic.twitter.com/7yqlkqofwc
– Emmanuel Macron (@emmanuelmarron) July 24, 2025
“What is most urgent today is that the war in Gaza also stops and that the civilian population is saved,” Macron wrote.
The French president has supported Israel after Hamas attacks. October 2023. and often publicly condemnts anti-Semitism, but in the last months he was increasingly expressing frustration due to Israeli military actions in Gaza.
“Given France’s historical commitment to just and sustainable peace in the Middle East, I decided that France recognized the state of Palestine,” Macron published. “Peace is possible.”
He also published a letter sent by the President of the Palestinian Administration Mahmud Abbas on the occasion of this decision.
Greetings from Ramallah
The Deputy President of the Palestinian Administration, Hussein Al-Sheikh, welcomed the French intention to recognize the state of Palestine, thanking the President Emmanuel Macron.
“This decision reflects French’s commitment to international law and its support to the Palestinian law to self-determination and the establishment of an independent state,” sheikh said.
The three-quarters of UN member acknowledges Palestine
France is the most powerful European country that recognizes Palestine. According to AFP, at least 142 out of 193 UN member states have already recognized or planned to recognize Palestine as a state. Powerful opposition to this is still expressing Israel and the United States.
Palestine has already admitted most of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, but not now, Canada, most Western Europe, Australia, Japan or South Korea.
France has the largest Jewish community in Europe, as well as the largest Muslim population in Western Europe, and conflicts in the Middle East are often reflected through protests and tensions in France itself.
Israeli reaction: “Black spot in French history”
The Deputy Israeli Prime Minister, Yariv Levin, sentenced France’s decision on Thursday to admit Palestine, calling her “black spots in the history of France and direct terrorism.”
Levin, who is the Minister of Justice, said that this “shameful decision” means that it was time for Israel to apply its sovereignty over the West Coast, held by the occupation since 1967.
The French Foreign Minister next week will organize a conference in the UN conference with the solution with two countries. Last month, Macron has already expressed “the determination to recognize the state of Palestine” and called on wider international movement towards that goal, while recognizing Israel and his right to self-defense.
American negotiations failed, criticisms towards Israel strengthen
This announcement is coming soon after the United States interrupted the survey on the ceasefire in Qatar, stating that Hamas shown good will.
The mood toward Israel is the last days is increasingly unfavorable. Earlier this week, France and more than about twenty mostly European countries have condemned Israeli restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza and murder hundreds of Palestinians who were trying to get to food.
Palestinians are looking for an independent state on the territories occupied in 1967. – West Coast, East Jerusalem and Gaza. The Israeli government and most of the political spectrum has long been rejected by Palestinian statehood, claiming that the militants would reward this after Hamas attack from October 2023.
Israel annexed East Jerusalem shortly after the war in 1967. and considered him part of his capitality. On the west coast, dozens of settlements, some sizes of cities, in which now lives more than 500,000 Israeli immigrants. About 3 million Palestinians live under the Israeli military administration, while the Palestinian administration has limited self-government in individual cities and settlements.
(Vijesti.ba)
