France officially recognizes the Palestinian state

France has officially recognized the Palestinian state, and has become the latest in a wave of countries to take this step.

“It is time for peace” and that “nothing justifies the ongoing war in Gaza.”

France and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host one -day summit at the United Nations General Assembly, which focuses on plans for a two -state solution for conflict. G7 countries Germany, Italy and the United States have not attended.

Macron confirmed that Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra and San Marino will also get to know the Palestinian state, after the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Portugal announced on Sunday.

International pressure accommodates Israel due to the humanitarian crisis that is revealed in Gaza and the construction of a settlement in the West Bank.

Israel said that the recognition of Hamas will be rewarded for the attack of the Palestinian Armed Group on October 7, 2023 on southern Israel, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken into account.

Israel has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians since then, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza. The Israeli forces are currently carrying out a landscape aimed at controlling Gaza City, where a million people lived and starvated last month.

The French leader told the conference that it was time to stop the war and liberate the remaining Israeli hostages that Hamas maintains. He warned of “endless risk of wars” and said, “The right must always prevail.”

He said that the international community has failed to build a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, adding that “we must do everything in our power to maintain the possibility of a two -state solution” that would see “Israel and Palestine side by side in peace and security.”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan Saud, also addressed the United Nations, on behalf of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

He reiterated that the two -state solution is the only way to achieve permanent peace in the region.

The Secretary -General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, pointed to the situation in Gaza as “unbearable moral, powerful and politician” and said that the two -state solution is “the trusted path only” for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas – who was prevented from attending the United Nations General Assembly personally after the United States was canceled to cancel its visas and Palestinian officials – addressed the conference via Videoolink.

He called for a permanent ceasefire and said that Hamas could not have a role in the Gaza administration, and called on the group to “hand over its weapons” to the Palestinian Authority (PA).

“What we want is a united country without weapons,” he said.

Abbas also condemned the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 on southern Israel, and the Israelis spoke, saying: “Our future and as a king depends on peace. Sufficient violence and war.”

Macron said that France is ready to contribute to the “task of stability” in Gaza and called for a transitional administration that involves the Palestinian Authority, which will supervise the dismantling of Hamas.

He said that France will open an embassy only to a Palestinian state when all the hostages held by Hamas were released and a ceasefire was agreed upon.

The Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, spoke to the correspondents shortly before Macron’s announcement.

Danone said that a two -state solution was taken “outside the table” after the October 7 attack and called on this week’s talks at the United Nations “Charde”. He also refused to exclude Israel to include the occupied West Bank.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that there will be no Palestinian state to the West of the Jordan River, and President Isaac Herzog said that the recognition that “only the forces of darkness encourage.”

Before Macron’s announcement, Palestinian and Israeli flags were presented to the Eiffel Tower on Sunday evening. A number of the city’s halls in France also flew on the Palestinian flags on Monday, despite a government order for local conservatives to maintain neutrality.

The protests of the Palestinian also occurred in some 80 cities and cities throughout ItalyThe government of Georgia Meloni recently said it could be “reverse” to recognize the country that did not exist.

In Germany, the government said that the Palestinian state is not currently for discussion, and Foreign Minister Johan and Ediol explained while leaving to New York on Monday that “for Germany, recognition of a Palestinian state comes more at the end of the operation. But this process must start now.”