PARIS—France’s bold decision to recognize the state of Palestine could help to shift conversations about the future of the Middle East, even if it’s unlikely to have an immediate impact for people in Gaza or on Israel’s war with Hamas.

The French government expects Arab countries to condemn the Palestinian militant organization Hamas at a high-level UN conference in New York on Monday on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would recognize the State of Palestine, becoming the first G7 nation to do so.

AMERICA has hit out at Emmanuel Macron for being “reckless” after he announced France will officially recognise a Palestinian state. The White House described President Macron’s

France will recognise an independent state of Palestine in September at the United Nations General Assembly, President Emmanuel Macron said today. “The urgent priority today is to end the war in Gaza and to bring relief to the civilian population,

No country can successfully manage 21st-century challenges alone. What is missing is a coherent and effective multilateral economic security architecture.

France will become the first member of the G7 - a group of seven of the world's largest advanced economies - to recognise a Palestinian state. The G7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK,

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will formally recognize a Palestinian state this September, becoming the first permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and the first Group of Seven (G7) country to do so.