The gesture comes as France prepares to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly.

PARIS: Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to recognize a Palestinian…

PARIS: Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to recognize a Palestinian…

PARIS: French politicians bickered on Sunday over whether it is appropriate to hoist Palestinian flags outside town halls on the eve of the country’s planned recognition of the…

Twenty-one town halls across the country are flying the flag, the Interior Ministry said, despite warnings not to do so. The French president is due to recognize a Palestinian…

The gesture comes as France prepares to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly.

France, Luxembourg, Malta and Monaco among the latest countries to recognise Palestine, whilst Belgium Denmark and the Netherlands say they will do so at a later date

NANTERRE, France: As French President Emmanuel Macron recognized Palestine statehood earlier this week, dozens of town halls across France hoisted the Palestinian flag in…