French President Emmanuel Macron surrendered to the pressures of Islamist and anti-Israel forces on Thursday, announcing that he would recognize the fictitious “State of Palestine” in September.Macron's willingness to cave to demands of Islamofascist regimes is no shock though, and what good is it doing even France? It hasn't helped them at all, and it's clear even now he for one is unwilling to take any proper steps to repair all the damage the Religion of Peace has done to France from within. Macron's a humiliation, and it figures that, in his last years as president, he'd do something awful like this.
Macron’s decision is a significant break with the United States, and drew accusations from Israel of supporting terrorism.
One Israeli government minister, Amichai Chikli, who used to live in France, responded by posting a video of Macron being slapped by his wife.
[...] “Palestine” lacks the basic prerequisites for a state. It has no firm boundaries; no stable constitution; and, while nominally a democracy, has not held elections in nearly two decades. It also sponsors terror and antisemitic incitement against its most important putative neighbor and trading partner, the State of Israel.
[...] The move by Macron comes in the wake of fellow European nations Ireland, Norway, and Spain, announcing that they would recognize Palestine as a state in May.
Update: USA secretary of state Marco Rubio denounced Macron's position:
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that his country would officially recognize “the State of Palestine”.They don't even have to refer to them as "palestinians", since that's also absurd as its fictitious. And what Macron's doing also desecrates the memory of French victims of jihadism.
“The United States strongly rejects Emmanuel Macron’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly,” Rubio said in a post on X on Thursday night.
“This reckless decision only serves Hamas propaganda and sets back peace. It is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th,” he added.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier responded to Macron's announcement and said, "We strongly condemn President Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 massacre.”
“Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became. A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel — not to live in peace beside it. Let’s be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel," added Netanyahu.
Update: simultaneously, the Knesset voted to recognize sovereignty over Judea/Samaria/Gaza, and 8 states in the USA are moving forward to recognize those areas as Israeli territory too.
Update 2: predictably, even British premier Keir Starmer is being pressed to follow Macron's example. Here's more commentary on the subject from Catherine Salgado.
