Macron sent a shockwave through the international community with his pledge over the summer. His announcement in a speech in New York at a conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Monday is now to be matched by recognition by nine other states including Australia, Belgium, Canada and the UK, according to the Elysee.
The implications are historic -- France and the UK will be the first permanent UN Security Council members to recognise a Palestinian state and, along with Canada, the first G7 members to do so.
Defending the move on Israeli television this week, Macron said it was the “best way to isolate Hamas”.
Diplomats from both sides, asking not to be named, are expecting reprisals from Israel in the wake of the move although the retaliation is not expected to extend to Israel cutting diplomatic relations with France.
“There is going to be a lot of noise,“ said one diplomat, asking not to be named.
“Ultimately, it is the Palestinians who have the most to lose in this crisis,“ she said, adding the move needed to be followed by sanctions against Israel to have any impact.
The United States also vehemently opposes the move and its ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, has made his feelings clear in a series of posts on X denouncing “unmet French conditions” for the recognition.
Zarka said France should have not taken the step without demanding that all the Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released first.
'Diplomatic lever'
Politically embattled at home -- Macron just appointed his seventh prime minister -- and failing despite intense efforts to end Russia's war on Ukraine, the recognition gives the president a chance to seal a concrete step in his legacy.
For former ambassador Michel Duclos, resident fellow at the Montaigne Institute, “this could become a success for France,“ in line with the French “no” under late president Jacques Chirac to oppose the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 - AFP
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