French President Emmanuel Macron addresses delegates during a UN General Assembly summit meeting on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians on Monday. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters United Nations, New York —

France formally recognized a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday in a move that deepens Israel’s international isolation as it pursues its maximalist war aims in Gaza and expands settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Speaking at a summit on a two-state solution in New York, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly that recognition of a Palestinian state is the “only solution that will allow for Israel to live in peace,” calling the move a “defeat for Hamas.”

“We must do everything within our power to preserve the very possibility

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