Macron Says France to Recognize Palestine
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The Manila Times on MSNFrance to recognize Palestinian stateFrance’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that Paris would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a United Nations meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move.
Georges Abdallah, a 74-year-old Lebanese teacher who became a left-wing symbol for the Palestinian cause, is to be freed by France on Friday after 41 years in jail. Described by his lawyer as "the man who has spent the longest time in prison for events linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,