Macron is taking charge: 'We need to move towards a recognition (of a Palestinian state)' says Emmanuel Macron. The Fre

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‘We need to move towards a recognition (of a Palestinian state)’ says Emmanuel Macron.

The French president says he hopes to chair a conference to reach ‘mutual recognition’ of both Israel and a Palestinian state some time in June.

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1. "The legitimate right of the Palestinian people to have a State, a territory, and to live in peace"

Farrukh
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Apr 8
President Macron, "The reality is that you have 2 million people trapped in Gaza"

"After months and months of bombings and a terrible war where tens of thousands of people have lost their lives"

"There are tens of thousands of children who are mutilated and without families"

"That's what we're talking about when we talk about Gaza"

"It's not a real estate project"

"And what we experienced this morning because you were with me, were women, children, who have faced tragedy, and so I don't know how these children will grow up"

"Can you imagine for a second what they have gone through?"

"You see the level sometimes, of hardship, of violence, that can exist when all you've known is bombing an atrocity"

"But they all said one thing: I want to return to Gaza"

"Because they themselves, the children, the grandchildren, of women and men who have lost everything to stay in Gaza, and who were sometimes pushed from other territories, and that's it"

"And we cannot erase either geography or history because if it was as simple as a real estate project, acquiring units in buildings, there would never have been a war"

"So this is where we are and we have to hear that, and we must hear two things that are essential for peace in the region"

"The legitimate right of the Palestinian people to have a State, a territory, and to live in peace"

"And the legitimate right of the Israeli people to have their state Israel, to have it recognised by all neighbours, and to live in peace and security"

"And denying one or the other is enough to weaken the whole region"

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2. Don't tell Trump. He was hoping to build a strip of hotels, casinos, and golf courses?