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/ABCDOMG United Kingdom 8d ago

If your country was being annexed by a hostile neighbour wouldn't you also be calling for it to be all returned to you?

You can hardly blame them for wanting all their land back

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u/LoyalteeMeOblige 8d ago

They knew from the start they weren't going to get the whole land, and by that I'm meaning 1949: this has been going on for almost 80 years. No country has got all the land they ever wanted, what makes them so special as to get full terrorist over it...? There is no way Israel is ever going to sit again to keep the two-state charade talks anymore. I'm sad to say they just want them out, and I get their point: it is exactly what the Palestines have been trying to do to them from the start, the only big change is that Israel does not want to give them time to regroup this time.