<span class="cie-plus-title">Letter From PA President Mahmoud Abbas to French President Emmanuel Macron, June 2025</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Letter From PA President Mahmoud Abbas to French President Emmanuel Macron, June 2025CIE+

PA President Abbas makes requests and gives promises to the French president for the establishment of a Palestinian
state. His commitments were not negotiated with Israel. They are meant to seek support for the end of the Gaza war,
the affirmation of Abbas and the PA as the sole Palestinian political address, and international support for a Palestinian state.
As in the past, the PA and Abbas seek international support to pressure Israel into undesirable political actions.

Documents and Sources|June 12, 2025
<span class="cie-plus-title">U.N. New York Declaration on the Two-State Solution, July 2025</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

U.N. New York Declaration on the Two-State Solution, July 2025CIE+

Seized by the severity of the Gaza war and nonmovement on a Palestinian-Israeli negotiating process, the U.N. offers a diplomatic road map to end the war and start negotiations. Led by France and Saudi Arabia, it asserts PA primacy as the legitimate Palestinian political representative, addresses possible Palestinian governance reform, seeks to empower a sovereign and economically viable state of Palestine living side by side in security with Israel, and contains other vague PA promises. Israel and the U.S. reject the Declaration. The Israeli government refuses to have outside parties determine the outlines or pace of negotiations with any country because negotiations impact Israeli security today and tomorrow.

<span class="cie-plus-title">French President Macron’s U.N. Address on a Two-State Solution, September 2025</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

French President Macron’s U.N. Address on a Two-State Solution, September 2025CIE+

President Macron’s speech links the end of Hamas-Israeli conflict to the evolution of a of two-state solution. He acknowledges that Israel has the power to end the war and evolve a Palestinian state, asserting that if Israel does neither to the satisfaction of France and her European partners, Israel could pay an undisclosed price. He offers no such penalties to be placed on the PA for its failure to meet its commitments. Once again the Palestinian Arab national movement uses the international community to pressure Israel into concessions. On the same day, Israeli
Prime Minister Netanyahu emphatically rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River. The Israeli
parliament in June 2004 rejected any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state by a 68-9 vote.

Documents and Sources|September 22, 2025