French-Palestinian relations
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France
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France–Palestine relations refer to foreign relations between France and the State of Palestine.[1][2] France does not recognize Palestine as an independent country but supports a two state solution.

History

France supports the creation of an independent Palestine.[3][4] France believes Jerusalem should be the shared capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state.[5] France's attempts to introduce resolutions in the United Nations calling for an independent Palestinian state were opposed by the United States.[6] A survey found 78 percent of French people support France recognizing Palestine.[7]

In 1967 following the Six-Day War, Charles De Gaulle controversially said that when Israel was created "there were those who feared that the Jews, who through long years of dispersion had remained what they had always been-an elitist people, self-assured and domineering-would once gathered in the site of their former grandeur, transform into a burn for conquest the tender longing of nineteen centuries".[8] It marked a change in Franc's stance as it started to develop its ties with the Arab world from a realistic perspective.[8] It held talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organization despite it carrying out terrorist attacks in France targeting Israel.[8]

France provided over €500 million to the Palestinian territory from 2008 to 2017.[3] In March 2023, France condemned Bezalel Smotrich, Minister of Finance of Israel, for saying Palestine was a recent invention in Paris during the memorial service of Jacques Kupfer organized by Israel is forever.[9] He spoke from a podium with a map of Greater Israel containing the Palestinian territories and Jordan.[9]

Alain Gresh described Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance as being anti-Palestinian.[10] On 24 October 2023, France called for a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[11] Macron criticized the civilian death toll in the conflict.[12] He proposed using the Anti-IS coalition against Hamas which was rejected by the international community.[13] The war showed divisions along ethnic and religious lines in France, which home to more than six million Muslims and the largest Jewish population in Europe.[14][15] France launched a crackdown on pro-Palestinian groups and banned protests in favor of Palestine after the Hamas attacks.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Trimbur, Dominique (1998-10-15). "France, Western Europe and Palestine 1799-1917". Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem (3): 163–166. ISSN 2075-5287.
  2. ↑ "France Archives". Question of Palestine. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  3. 1 2 étrangères, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires. "Peace Process". France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  4. ↑ "Israeli-Palestinian conflict". France ONU. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  5. ↑ "Why is France's Macron visiting Israel?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  6. ↑ Bahout, Joseph (26 May 2015). "The French Initiative on Palestine: Posturing, or Trying to Break the Deadlock?". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sondage - La France doit-elle reconnaître l'État de Palestine ?". www.lepoint.fr. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  8. 1 2 3 Rondot, Philippe (1987). "France and Palestine: From Charles de Gaulle to Francois Mitterand". Journal of Palestine Studies. 16 (3): 87–100. doi:10.2307/2536791. ISSN 0377-919X.
  9. 1 2 Bourgery-Gonse, Théo (2023-03-22). "France late in condemning Israeli minister's anti-Palestine comments". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  10. ↑ Everett, Mariamne. "'It's clear Macron's party has a very strong anti-Palestinian position'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  11. ↑ "France calls for 'humanitarian pause' in Israel-Palestine conflict". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  12. ↑ Magid, Jacob (20 November 2023). "Speaking with Netanyahu, Macron says 'too many civilian losses' in Gaza". Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Macron's rift with diplomats deepens after missteps on Israel-Hamas war". POLITICO. 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  14. ↑ Lons, Camille (2023-10-19). "Torn apart: How the Israel-Hamas war is dividing French society". ECFR. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  15. ↑ "'The dangerous political instrumentalization of the Israel-Palestine conflict in France was reactivated by the Hamas attack'". Le Monde.fr. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  16. ↑ Demirhan, Meryem. "Palestine supporters in France, Germany struggle to be heard amid protest ban". In France and Germany, Palestinian supporters struggle to be heard. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  17. ↑ "Police use teargas on banned pro-Palestinian rally in Paris as Macron calls for unity". France 24. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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