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France Forms Joint Committee With Palestinian Authority To Draft Constitution For Future Palestinian State
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France and the Palestinian Authority formed a joint committee to draft a Palestinian constitution. Several Western nations, including France, formally recognised a Palestinian state in September.
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France-Palestine constitution plan
France will form a joint committee with the Palestinian Authority to draft a constitution for a future Palestinian state, President Emmanuel Macron said after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris. The plan pairs constitutional work with a substantial humanitarian aid package, with France pledging €100 million for Gaza in 2025, and is presented by Paris as support for a two-state solution despite continued Israeli rejection of Palestinian statehood. The announcement follows a wave of Western recognitions of Palestine and accompanies diplomatic moves aimed at institutionalizing Palestinian governance ahead of any statehood agreement.
“French President Emmanuel Macron said France and the Palestinian Authority will form a joint committee to draft a new Palestinian constitution...; he also pledged €100 million (about US$116.6 million) in humanitarian aid to Gaza for 2025.”
Palestinian statehood effort
Macron and Abbas described the joint committee as covering constitutional, institutional and organisational issues. They said it was a formal step intended to prepare the legal foundations of Palestinian statehood while international actors press for recognition. French officials framed the effort as aligned with other Western moves.
Several Western countries formally recognised a Palestinian state in September, driven by frustration with Israel’s conduct in the Gaza war, according to reporting that links recognition, humanitarian aid and institutional work. At the same time, the French proposal has drawn criticism from the United States and Israel, which say such moves could be perceived as rewarding Hamas.
Palestinian state-building initiative
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas used the talks to reiterate the leadership’s stated aims: a democratic, unarmed state committed to the rule of law, pluralism, and peaceful rotation of power. France’s initiative is being presented as institutional capacity-building toward those goals, and supporters say drafting a constitution before full recognition or agreed borders can anchor governance and rights. The move follows diplomatic patterns, with more than 140 countries backing Palestinian independence and a coordinated Western effort aimed at advancing state-building despite Israeli resistance.
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Palestinians seek a democratic, unarmed state committed to rule of law, pluralism and peaceful rotation of power.”
Gaza casualties and recognition
Context for the constitutional initiative is the catastrophic human toll reported in Gaza: Barlaman Today cites Hamas's October 2023 attack that killed about 1,221 Israelis, mostly civilians. The report also quotes Gaza's Health Ministry saying subsequent Israeli operations have killed more than 69,000 Palestinians, predominantly women and children.
That reporting directly attributes mass Palestinian deaths to Israeli operations and helps explain why some Western governments cited frustration with Israel's conduct when recognizing Palestine. Free Malaysia Today explicitly connects its recognitions to frustration over Israel's conduct in the Gaza war.
Gaza ceasefire and politics
Barlaman Today reports the ceasefire plan accompanying related diplomacy could give Israel control of roughly 53% of Gaza, including farmland, Rafah and parts of Gaza City. Reconstruction would be limited to areas under Israeli control, with Hamas governing the remainder and the Palestinian Authority possibly assuming some authority in Gaza. Supporters of the French constitutional step say it strengthens Palestinian institutions ahead of statehood.
“In the plan’s first stage Israel would control roughly 53% of Gaza — including farmland, Rafah and parts of Gaza City — while Hamas would continue to govern the remainder.”
Critics, reported by Free Malaysia Today and Devdiscourse, argue the move risks being portrayed as a reward for Hamas and bypassing negotiated borders. ThePrint noted its supplied text lacked substantive reporting and advised readers to consult fuller reporting to reconcile these competing claims.
