Rabat – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has expressed satisfaction with France’s willingness to acknowledge the State of Palestine.
French President Emmanuel Macron introduced the information on Thursday, saying that they may make it official on the upcoming UN Normal Meeting session in September.
“This transfer is a victory for the Palestinian trigger,” Abbas stated, stressing that the information displays France’s dedication to assist the Palestinian individuals and their authentic rights to their homeland.
For Abbas, Macron’s choice displays the function of nations that imagine within the two-state resolution, urging all nations to acknowledge the Palestinian state. Macron’s announcement is notably vital, because it places France as the primary G7 nation to announce it is going to acknowledge Palestine’s sovereignty.
Whereas France’s choice was welcomed by many, Israel predictably took offense, describing the information as a transfer that “rewards terror and dangers creating one other Iranian proxy.”
“A Palestinian state in these circumstances could be a launch pad to annihilate Israel, not to dwell in peace beside it,” Benjamin Netanyahu argued.
Israeli Overseas Minister Gideon Sa’ar additionally condemned the choice, claiming {that a} “Palestinian state shall be a Hamas state.”
The USA, Israel’s strongest ally and backer, additionally rejected France’s plan, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing the choice as “reckless.”
“This reckless choice solely serves Hamas propaganda and units again peace. It’s a slap within the face to the victims of October seventh,” Rubio stated, touting the same old narrative that robotically comes out of Washington when discussing Palestinian sovereignty.
His remarks come as Israel continues its genocidal conflict on Gaza, with a hunger marketing campaign that over 21 months has now amounted to the killing of 114 Palestinians.
Regardless of this backlash, many different nations have, in the meantime, welcomed France’s choice.
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait all celebrated Macron’s announcement at present.