Speaking at a press conference in Singapore ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference, French President Emmanuel Macron said that recognising a Palestinian state was a moral duty as well as a political necessity. Macron called on European countries to harden their stance on Israel unless the humanitarian crisis in the ravaged Gaza Strip improved.

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      I would say, it’s much longer than 40 years.

      This is what the United Nations, use as starting point:

      1917 – 1947: British mandate

      Palestine was among former Ottoman territories placed under UK administration by the League of Nations in 1922. All of these territories eventually became fully independent States, except Palestine, […]

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        Thanks for the info, I only went back as long as I could remember, but it’s nice to get some historical facts on the issue. 👍

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    “We are going to toughen our stance on our genocidal colony as soon as all the Palestinians have been eliminated”

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    Better not say that too loud, or Israel will start annexing West Bank, which they totally weren’t going to do regardless.