Macron says he will recognize Palestinian state, 'rewarding terror': Israel

Israel has condemned  president Emmanuel Macron announcement that France will recognize Palestine as a state, saying Macron ‘rewarding terror’. According to The Times of Israel reports, Netanyahu, top ministers play up security concerns should two-state solution become reality. Macron said in a post on X that he will formalize the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September. "The urgent thing today is that the war in Gaza stops and the civilian population is saved.″ The French president offered support for Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and frequently speaks out against antisemitism, but he has grown increasingly frustrated about Israel's war in Gaza, especially in recent months.

Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine.

J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.… pic.twitter.com/7yQLkqoFWC

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 24, 2025

Hamas issues a statement welcoming the announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron that Paris will recognize a Palestinian state in September. “Macron’s announcement is a positive step in the right direction toward justice for our oppressed Palestinian people and toward support for their right to establish their own state,” Hamas says.
Amid the ongoing trading of blame for the Gaza humanitarian crisis, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee takes Jerusalem’s side and accuses the UN of being “a tool of Hamas.” Huckabee points to the large amount of aid that has been amassing on the Gaza side of the border.“US-based GHF is actually delivering food FOR FREE and SAFELY. UN food is either looted by Hamas or rots in the sun!” Huckabee tweets.

Here are photos of UN trucks & enough food to feed all of Gaza but it sits rotting! UN is a tool of Hamas! US based GHF is actually delivering food FOR FREE and SAFELY. UN food is either looted by Hamas or rots in the sun! Photos from yesterday. pic.twitter.com/syvtbhxYHJ

— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 24, 2025

The UN says Israel repeatedly denies requests for aid workers to pick up the assistance, while creating conditions that have made it unsafe for that aid to be transported.