French President Emmanuel Macron outlined a framework for a 'renewed Palestinian Authority' under which France would open an embassy.

France recognized a Palestinian state at a world summit in New York on Monday, nearly two years into the war in Gaza , joining Britain, Canada and other Western allies who made the same historic move on Sunday and were rebuked by Israel .

“We must do everything within our power to preserve the very possibility of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security,” the summit host, French President Emmanuel Macron, said at the beginning of a planned three-hour session at the United Nations.

“The recognition of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people takes nothing away from the rights of the people of Israel,”

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