Macron's 'Palestine' Blunder Threatens the Lives of US Hostages, Rewards Terrorism

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Macron's 'Palestine' Blunder Threatens the Lives of US Hostages, Rewards Terrorism

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the French government will formally recognize Palestine as a state before the U.N.

www.westernjournal.com

French President Emmanuel Macron made a disappointing, yet not surprising, decision, declaring that the French government will formally recognize Palestine as a state before the U.N. General Assembly this fall.

“True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the state of Palestine,” Macron posted on X from his official account.

The French leader is facing domestic headwinds at home, with a decline in popularity due to party opposition, as well as rumors of his wife’s divorce, reported by British tabloids. This decision to wade into the Israel/Palestinian conflict is a way to change the political momentum. Regardless of his intentions or if he believes it, Macron’s decision to support an independent Palestine will not bring peace but rather exacerbate the conflict and bring further destruction to the Middle East.

 

[mattfivefour]

Seems Macron is playing not only to his country's vast left-wing faction but to its equally vast Muslim population. He's never been the sharpest pencil in the box.

 

[Margery]

Macron always likes to meddle in the Middle East. He tried so hard during Trump's first term to do some kind of peace deal. When Lebanon was convulsing over something or other, he paid a visit to lend his personal support. Sadly for his ambitions to do something wonderfully big on the world stage he never quite managed.

He's doing it again, and as @mattfivefour points out, he is pandering to his Muslim population.

He is always facing domestic troubles for elections, there is a reason he's pulled out all the stops to terminate his right wing opposition Marine Le Pen. Getting her banned from running in the next election.

Life is hard for someone who thinks he rules like Jupiter from Mount Olympus as he famously said early after his very first election. The peasants around him don't always understand his lofty goals.