The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said Friday, May 30 that the recognition of a Palestinian State was “not simply a moral duty, but a political requirement”, while lists several conditions to take the step, before a conference at the UN on the issue in which he will participate on June 18.
During a press conference in Singapore, he also said that Europeans had to “squeeze the collective position” against Israel “, if there is no response that is up to the humanitarian situation that takes place in the next few hours and the next few days” in the Gaza Strip.
In this case, the European Union will have to “apply” its “rules” “, that is, end the processes that suppose respect for human rights, which is not the case today, and apply sanctions,” he said, in reference to the association agreement between the twenty -seven and Israel, which will be examined again.
“And yes, yes, we must harden our position because today is a necessity, but I still have the hope that the Israel Government inflies yours and that we will finally have a humanitarian response,” he added.
A recognition in conditions
France co -School with Saudi Arabia from June 17 to 20 at the UN, in New York, an international conference on the solution of two states, Israeli and Palestinian. Without saying clearly if I would recognize a Palestinian state on this occasion, Emmanuel Macron said Friday that “the creation of a Palestinian State” in conditions in conditions “was not simply a moral duty, but a political requirement.”
He listed the conditions: “Liberation of Hostages” in the possession of Hamas, “demilitarization” of the Palestinian Islamist movement, its “non -participation” to the governance of this state, a “reform of the Palestinian authority”, the recognition, for the future state, of Israel and “its right to live in security” and the “creation of a security architecture throughout the region”.
“This is what we will try to dedicate an important moment on June 18 together, and I will be there,” he said about the UN conference.
Source: BFM TV
