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Europe’s Palestine Recognition Gambit

Europe’s Palestine Recognition Gambit
The United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 9, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Gregg Roman
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Commentary
On July 24, President Emmanuel Macron announced France will recognize Palestinian statehood at the September UN General Assembly. France becomes the first G7 nation to take this step. The UK followed suit on July 29, with conditional support pending Israeli actions. Ireland and Spain already extended recognition on May 28, 2024.
Gregg Roman
Gregg Roman
Author
Gregg Roman is director and COO of the Middle East Forum. Mr. Roman previously served as director of the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. In 2014, he was named one of the ten most inspiring global Jewish leaders by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He previously served as the political advisor to the deputy foreign minister of Israel and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Mr. Roman is a frequent speaker at venues around the world, often appears on television, and has written for the Hill, the Forward, the Albany Times-Union, and other publications. He attended American University in Washington, D.C., and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel, where he studied national security studies and political communications.
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