French plan to recognize Palestinian state draws fire from Israel, US

rapplerdotcom

French president Emmanuel Macron says the country intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.   Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/macron-says-france-intends-recognize-palestinian-state/

Transcript

00:00France's President Emmanuel Macron says the country intends to recognize a

00:05Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September. He hopes

00:09it will bring peace to the region but drew an immediate rebuke from Israel.

00:13Macron says in a post quote, the urgent priority today is to end the war in

00:17Gaza and to bring relief to the civilian population. Peace is possible.

00:22The announcement sparked anger from Israel and is likely to get a tough

00:26response from Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

00:30condemns Macron's decision, saying such a move rewards terror and risks creating

00:35another Iranian proxy. United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the

00:40country strongly rejects the plan of Macron. Meantime, Canada's Prime Minister Mark

00:45Carney also pressed Israel to seek peace. He also reiterates Canada's support for a

00:50two-state solution in the region.

Category

Transcript

Recommended