France recognises Palestinian state ahead of the UNGA meeting

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The announcement by President Emmanuel Macron comes arsenic satellite leaders conscionable to revive the long-stalled two-state solution.

France has recognised a Palestinian state, joining respective Western countries successful doing so, up of the yearly United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gathering successful New York.

Recognition by Australia, Britain, Canada and Portugal connected Sunday piled unit connected Israel arsenic it intensifies its genocidal warfare connected Gaza, which has killed much than 65,300 Palestinians, and turned the Palestinian enclave to ruins.

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The United States, Israel’s closest ally, has criticised the designation by Western governments, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the determination volition “embolden [Hamas]” and marque it harder to extremity the war.

Palestine is expected to apical the docket of the UNGA, to beryllium attended by much than 140 satellite leaders. But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas won’t beryllium capable to attend, arsenic the US has denied him a visa.

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