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Friday, July 25, 2025
US envoy to Israel mocks French Palestine recognition: ‘Perhaps the UK can declare France a British colony!’
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In a series of tweets, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee mocks French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that Paris will recognize a Palestinian state in September.
“How clever! If Macron can just ‘declare’ the existence of a state perhaps the UK can ‘declare’ France a British colony!” he writes.
In a follow-up post, he adds: “Macron’s unilateral ‘declaration’ of a ‘Palestinian’ state didn’t say WHERE it would be. I can now exclusively disclose that France will offer the French Riviera & the new nation will be called ‘Franc-en-Stine.'”
Macron's unilateral "declaration" of a "Palestinian" state didn't say WHERE it would be. I can now exclusively disclose that France will offer the French Riviera & the new nation will be called "Franc-en-Stine."https://t.co/zCZR0Fj9tc
— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 25, 2025
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