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France Might Recognize Palestine as State in June, Macron Says

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France Might Recognize Palestine as State in June, Macron Says

The "movement towards recognition" could be finalized at an international conference co-chaired with Saudi Arabia, Emmanuel Macron told a French broadcaster.

Currently, over 140 of the 193 United Nations member states recognize Palestine as a state.

However, France, which is a member of the ICC, allowed Israeli PM Netanyahu's plane to pass through its airspace on its way to the US on Monday despite an ICC arrest warrant for the prime minister.

"Macron has stood up to the state of Israel and Netanyahu. We see that there is no problem in diplomatic relations between France and Israel," Mohammed, a protester at a recent pro-Palestinian rally in Paris, told Sputnik Africa.

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