French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with New Caledonian elected officials and state representatives at the Élysée Palace in Paris on July 12, 2025. France will officially recognize the Palestinian state, President Emmanuel Macron announced on July 24, 2025. (Credit: Tom Nicholson/POOL/AFP)
Which Emmanuel Macron should we believe? The one who stated in June that “time has not yet come” to recognize the Palestinian state, who set conditions for such a move and insisted it shouldn’t be done “based on indignation?”Or should we believe the one who, barely a month later, made this historic decision — although none of those conditions have been met — at a time when famine is spreading in Gaza?Should we believe the one who, on Oct. 24, 2023, speaking from Jerusalem, proposed to “build an international coalition against Hamas,” or the one who, just a month later, condemned bombings that kill “babies, women and the elderly,” with “no legitimacy?” Context Why has France decided to recognise Palestinian statehood? The one who reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself after it attacked Iran, or the one who, a few days later,...
Which Emmanuel Macron should we believe? The one who stated in June that “time has not yet come” to recognize the Palestinian state, who set conditions for such a move and insisted it shouldn’t be done “based on indignation?”Or should we believe the one who, barely a month later, made this historic decision — although none of those conditions have been met — at a time when famine is spreading in Gaza?Should we believe the one who, on Oct. 24, 2023, speaking from Jerusalem, proposed to “build an international coalition against Hamas,” or the one who, just a month later, condemned bombings that kill “babies, women and the elderly,” with “no legitimacy?” Context Why has France decided to recognise Palestinian statehood? The one who reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself after it attacked Iran, or the one...
