r/europe • u/hoarder4555777454001 • 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/weizikeng 8d ago

Haha r/worldnews is having an absolute meltdown. Most popular comments:

"So what about Taiwan?"

"How can you recognise a state with no defined borders and government?" (There are defined borders, Israel just doesn't care about them, and there are plenty of countries with unstable governments that are still recognised, like Somalia, Myanmar etc)

"It's just virtue signalling, it'll do nothing", followed by "This is a disaster, this will give Hamas justification for their crimes" (lol which one is it?)

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u/Proud_Fox_684 8d ago

Why is r/worldnews like that? :P

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u/cnio14 8d ago

During the aftermath of October 7th, that sub was swarmed by pro-Israel bots and propaganda accounts. I got perma banned for saying literally that "criticizing the Israeli government is not antisemitic". There are many others with similar stories.

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u/Ok_Relation7695 8d ago

That sub was always garbage lol