Emmanuel Macron Announces France Will Recognize the State of Palestine at UN General Assembly

Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday, July 24 that France will recognize the State of Palestine, with the decision set to become fully effective at the United Nations General Assembly in September in New York.

“Ranjan Solomon, January 24, 2026”

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L’Humanité framed the move as France’s shift from “incantation to action,” noting that France will become, in September, the 149th United Nations member state to recognize the State of Palestine.

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Macron said, “The time has come,” when asked when he would formalize his promise from April 9, aboard the plane returning him from Egypt.

The article also tied the timing to the moment when Netanyahu's government's aims for Israel are becoming clear, describing the recognition as carrying “a particular weight” because France is a permanent member of the Security Council and the first G7 country to take the step.

ISM-France described Donald Trump’s draft charter for the “Peace Council for Gaza” as a project that “empties peace of its moral meaning” by turning it into “a mere financial transaction.”

The article said the draft charter was “Subtly circulated in nearly sixty countries” and that membership could reach “up to a billion dollars for prolonged membership,” while Gaza’s future would be governed without Palestinian consent.

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It argued that the charter’s structure makes mandates “at the discretion of a president,” and that “The Palestinians are neither mentioned as partners, nor as decision-makers, nor even as official participants.”

ISM-France added that the charter omits references to the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures, and it said “The United Nations Security Council is notably absent.”

Mondoweiss said Washington is considering asking Israel to redirect part of $5 billion in clearance revenues it has been withholding from the Palestinian Authority toward the Gaza Strip, even though the Board of Peace treats Gaza as separate from the West Bank.

“US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan has finally surfaced its central contradiction”

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The article reported that a PA official told reporters the Authority is reconsidering its refusal to access those funds, and it quoted Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa telling donors in late April that Israel’s confiscation of West Bank revenues constituted “another occupation.”

Mondoweiss also described the Board of Peace as launched in February with representatives pledging $17 billion, while it said only three of 10 pledging states had transferred any funds by April, totaling under $1 billion.

It further stated that of the 10.293 billion shekels ($3.5 billion) in clearance revenue owed for 2025, Israel transferred only 1.951 billion shekels ($670 million), and it added that Mustafa confirmed in late April 2026 that the PA had not received a single shekel of clearance revenue for twelve months.