“The only way to have peace and stability in the region is this mutual recognition,” defended the Head of State from the Institute of the Arab World in Paris.
Published the 14/04/2025 22:32 Reading time: 2min
Despite the strong criticisms of Israel and part of the French political class, Emmanuel Macron reiterated Monday, April 14 “Trigger a series of recognitions” of the two states, Palestinian and Israeli. “What we want to trigger is a series of other recognitions” of a Palestinian state, as France could do in June, “But also the recognition of Israel by states which today do not do it”said the French president at the Institute of the Arab World in Paris.
France aims to obtain this series of gestures on the occasion of a United Nations conference to relaunch the solution to two states, which it will co -reside in June with Saudi Arabia, in New York. In 2020, the Abraham agreements initiated by Donald Trump during his first mandate led to the recognition of Israel by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. But many of the Gulf countries have still not done so, starting with Saudi Arabia, as well as Syria, Lebanon, as well as Algeria and Tunisia.
The French president also hopes to lead to other states that have not yet recognized the Palestinian state. At this stage, 147 countries have taken the plunge but large countries in particular European are still lacking in appeal, such as France, Germany and Italy. “The only way to have peace and stability in the region is this mutual recognition and a security architecture (..) is the only way to stop the cycle of violence”he added.
Emmanuel Macron said that he would teach himself on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, who described as “Serious error” His intention to recognize a Palestinian state. “We will not accept moral lessons on the creation of a Palestinian State which would endanger the existence of Israel, on the part of those who oppose the independence of Corsica, New Caledonia, French Guyana and other territories, whose independence would not threaten France”protested the Israeli leader on Sunday, whose relations with Emmanuel Macron are notoriously tense. These criticisms were denounced by Palestian diplomacy on Monday morning.
