‘We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months,’ French president says.

‘We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months,’ French president says.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that France plans to recognise a Palestinian state within months and could make the move at a United Nations conference in New York in June aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • Solumbran@lemmy.worldEnglish
    154·
    5 days ago

    Until now his stance was to say that supporting Palestine is antisemitic.

    I’m sure he’s saying that in good faith. /s

    • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      If could be he’s fishing for bids. We need to find one of those auctioneer barkers to get this going and see if Israel or the rest of the worlds human rights supports can pay more. Because evidently everything in the western world is for sale. Shall we start the bidding with 100?

      • Solumbran@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        5 days ago

        Yeah, if he’s only motivated by bad reasons, fuck him.

        He can do something that is ultimately better, and still be doing it for reasons wrong enough to be criticised. I don’t understand the point of defending an immoral megalomaniac just because he’s trying at the last second to look like he’s on the good side after fighting for the bad one for a long time.