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Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has decried an announcement made by French President Emmanuel Macron that France could acknowledge a Palestinian state by June, saying it would be a "prize" for terrorism. Israel 's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar denounced French President Emmanuel Macron 's announcement that Paris could recognise a Palestinian state by June, saying it would be a "prize" for terrorism . "A unilateral recognition of a fictional Palestinian state, by any country, in the reality that we all know, will be a prize for terror and a boost for Hamas ," Saar said on X late on Wednesday.
"These kind of actions will not bring peace, security and stability in our region closer, but the opposite – they only push them further away." Nearly 150 countries recognise a Palestinian state. In May 2024, Ireland, Norway and Spain announced recognition, followed by Slovenia in June, moves partly fuelled by condemnation of Israel's bombing of Gaza that followed the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.
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