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Top Abbas aide thanks Macron for plan to recognize Palestinian state
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s deputy Hussein al-Sheikh thanks French President Emmanuel Macron after the latter announced that he would recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.
“This position reflects France’s commitment to international law and its support for the Palestinian people’s rights to self-determination and the establishment of our independent state,” Sheikh tweets.
Sheikh also thanks Saudi Arabia, which has been advancing the effort behind the scenes.
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