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Welcoming French announcement, Hamas says it reflects growing global support for Palestinian cause
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Hamas issues a statement welcoming the announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron that Paris will recognize a Palestinian state in September.
“Macron’s announcement is a positive step in the right direction toward justice for our oppressed Palestinian people and toward support for their right to establish their own state,” Hamas says.
Hamas says Macron’s decision “reflects the growing international conviction of the justice of the Palestinian cause and the failure of the occupation to distort the facts.”
“We call on all countries around the world that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to follow France’s example,” the terror group adds.
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