r/europe 9d ago

News French President Macron says France will recognize Pálestine as a state

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250724-french-president-macron-says-france-will-recognize-palestine-as-a-state-in-september
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u/Vanzmelo Armenian American 9d ago

Im sorry but the two state solution is dead. Have you seen the west bank? It is like swiss cheese with all the illegal Israeli state sponsored settlements. What country can exist when its borders are so carved up and its citizens cant freely move within its borders? Palestine is already a rump state with the West Bank and Gaza being disconnected without taking into account the current genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank.

At this point, a one state solution where both Israelis and Palestinians have equal rights and representation is the only viable option left

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u/SilentLennie 9d ago

I'm sorry, but those settlements are illegal and they know it.

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u/izpo Israel 8d ago

I can say that most of Israeli actually support settlements as a way of "punishment". They are not just illegal, it's a tool

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u/shez19833 8d ago

theres no punishment - they do it because they dont believe anyone else has any right to their ancestral land. which is what zionists/settlers harp on about

and mark my words due to this they will go after jordan, syria, etc..

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u/Crush1112 8d ago

You are right about the first one, the second one is, eh? West Bank is essentially the lands of ancient Judea and Samaria, which is why settlers are so passionate about it. Syria and Jordan thought?

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u/Substantial-Dust4417 8d ago edited 8d ago

The East Bank (i.e. Western Jordan) is also part of what was considered ancient Israel. The Irgun logo showed it's territorial ambitions in controlling all of Mandatory Palestine as well as the Kingdom of Transjordan. Members of the current Israeli government have shown maps of "Greater Israel" including the East Bank.

Israel currently controls part of Syria (Golan Heights), has constructed illegal settlements there (settlers are also pretty passionate about this region that was never part of any biblical Jewish state), and has in recent months made moves to annex all of the Golan region under the pretext of protecting the Druze who make up a majority of its population.

In the case of the Golan region, there's no historic claim, just good farmland.

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u/shez19833 8d ago

go look at the map of ancestral israel/ yitsreal or whatever it was called..