On his X account, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot wrote that Macron’s decision “validates the road of peace against war.”

As “Hamas has always rejected the two-state solution, by recognizing Palestine, France shows that this terrorist movement is wrong,” Barrot wrote in response to French conservative and far-right sectors, that accuse Macron of playing into Hamas’s hands.

For his part, the Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Laurent Saint-Martin, stated on TF1 that the decision to recognize Palestine could change history.

This is a necessary action to resolve the humanitarian situation in Gaza Strip, the official emphasized, given the crisis and the threat of famine facing the Palestinian enclave, which is under attack and blockade by Israel.

According to Saint-Martin, Paris seeks to facilitate a process leading to lasting peace.

The day before, Macron unleashed a national and international political earthquake by announcing that he will make the solemn announcement of recognition of the Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, something that nearly 150 of the 193 UN member countries have already done.

If he makes his position true, France will be the first G7 member to recognize Palestine and the first of the three Western powers with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, a body also made up of the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and China.

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