PARIS: A moment of truth: That’s how French President Emmanuel Macron sees the recognition of a Palestinian state by France and other Western nations, with the hope to make it a landmark step in his push for peace in the Middle East as the devastating war in Gaza continues. Macron is to formally declare France’s recognition of a Palestinian state on Monday at a UN conference in New York, as the UN General Assembly starts. “We have to recognize the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to have a state,” Macron said in an interview broadcast on Israeli television Channel 12.

PARIS: A moment of truth: That’s how French President Emmanuel Macron sees the recognition of a Palestinian state by France and other Western nations, with the hope to make it a…

EDITORIAL. Despite the criticism it has generated, the initiative led by Emmanuel Macron, which will be declared at the United Nations on Monday, sends a message to two peoples.