French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his speech to the UN General Assembly, taking an apparent shot at the Trump administration for its “unilateral initiatives” to reach a solution.
“What can resolve the crisis between Israel and Palestine? Well, surely not unilateral initiatives. Nor trampling upon the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to legitimate peace, nor underestimating Israel’s fair right to security,” Macron says.
He says there is “no credible alternative” to a two-state solution with both peoples “living side by side in peace and security” with Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and a Palestinian state.
He also calls for Israel to end unnamed policies he says undermine the possibility of reaching a peace deal.
“Israel is aware that France has unwavering friendship toward Israel and it is in the name of this friendship that I call for an end to policies that undermine the very possibility of a peace agreement. Continuing along this path would be a mistake,” Macron says.
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