00:00Ross, Hamas have welcomed the move. France's foreign ministry have said, well, this recognition is going directly against Hamas.
00:06Actually, what it does is backs peace. How has it been interpreted in Paris, especially given the timing of this announcement?
00:12Yes, so Jean-Noël Barreau, the French foreign minister, said that Hamas is a terrorist organisation that has never been interested in a two-state solution.
00:21In France, we have chosen the path of peace. We've not chosen the path of war.
00:25Emmanuel Macron's decision was welcomed by those on the left in the French Parliament.
00:29The hard left France unbowed party said that they welcomed the move, although they said it had come about as a result of their popular mobilisation.
00:37On the right in French Parliament, the national rally, the hard right party of whom Marine Le Pen is perhaps the most well-known figurehead.
00:45She said that this was a decision taken by Emmanuel Macron for personal political motives.
00:50And her party leader, Jordan Bardella, said that the move by Emmanuel Macron lent Hamas institutional legitimacy.
