French officials visiting Israel assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the conference would not recognize "Palestine."
French President Emmanuel Macron looks on before the inauguration of the Saint-Denis Pleyel metro station north of Paris on June 24, 2024. Photo by Yves Herman/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
(June 8, 2025 / JNS) An international conference, the brainchild of France, to recognize a Palestinian state, has lowered its sights.
Scheduled for June 16-18 at United Nations headquarters in New York, it will now focus on determining steps toward recognition rather than recognition itself.















