Israel foreign minister dismisses France’s stand on the recognition of a Palestinian state

Israel foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar dismisses French President Macron’s plans

In an interview with a French broadcaster on April 10, President Macron of France prompt that France is planning to acknowledge a Palestinian state by June. These remarks have been dismissed by Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar.
President Macron was hopeful that by recognizing a Palestinian state in a convention that France is co-hosting with Saudi Arabia in June, some nations in the Middle East can, in flip, recognise the state of Israel. “We need to move towards recognition (of a Palestinian state). And so, over the next few months, we will. I’m not doing it to please anyone. I’ll do it because at some point it will be right,” President Macron mentioned in an interview with France 5 tv, as quoted by the New York Post.
In response, Israel’s foreign minister condemned France’s announcement “Unilateral recognition of a fictional Palestinian state, by any country, in the reality that we all know, will be a prize for terror and a boost for Hamas,” said Gideon Sa’ar on X late on Wednesday.

France, which is also a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, can be amongst the first main European nations to acknowledge a Palestinian state. Most main Western powers like the US, Britain, Germany, France, and Japan don’t acknowledge the state of Palestine, whereas nations like Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and Iraq don’t acknowledge the state of Israel.
Macron’s remark comes as the French president went on a three-day go to to Egypt, the place he additionally visited a hospital that was attending Palestinians in the metropolis of El-Arish, near the border with Gaza.
President Macron’s assertion comes at a time when the ceasefire efforts fell by means of and Israel resumed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.