The time has come.<\/p>\n
This is why, true to the historic commitment of my country to the Middle East, to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.<\/p>\n
This is why I declare that today, France recognises the state of Palestine.<\/p>\n
Updated at\u00a017.15 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Closing summary<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 4h ago<\/p>\n UK foreign secretary says Palestinian statehood is ‘inalienable right’<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 4h ago<\/p>\n Luxembourg becomes latest nation to recognise Palestine<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 4h ago<\/p>\n Malta recognises Palestinian statehood<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 4h ago<\/p>\n Belgium recognises state of Palestine<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 4h ago<\/p>\n Israel ‘working to prevent a Palestinian state from ever being established’, says Carney<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Monaco recognises state of Palestine<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Analysis: Allies\u2019 recognition of Palestine angers Netanyahu but his options for response are limited<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n Palestinian president calls on Hamas to ‘surrender their weapons’<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n ‘Statehood for Palestinians is a right, not a reward,’ says UN chief<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n ‘Morally, legally and politically intolerable’: Guterres calls on Israel to end ‘creeping threat of annexation’<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n Macron reframes Palestinian recognition as ‘a defeat for Hamas’<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n ‘The time for peace has come’: Macron announces France’s recognition of Palestine<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n ‘Nothing justifies the ongoing war in Gaza,’ says Macron<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n ‘We can no longer wait’ to recognise Palestine, says Macron<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n France poised to recognise Palestine as key UN summit begins<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n Israeli UN ambassador refuses to rule out West Bank annexation<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n Arab and Muslim leaders to meet Trump to discuss peace plan for Gaza<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n US and Israel ‘will not take part in this charade’, Israel’s UN ambassador says ahead of summit<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n Trump believes Palestinian recognition rewards Hamas, says White House<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n Donald Trump to address UN general assembly on Tuesday<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9h ago<\/p>\n World leaders gather in New York for UN summit on two-state solution as France prepares to recognize Palestine<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 12h ago<\/p>\n Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza reaches 65,344 says health ministry<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 13h ago<\/p>\n Two hospitals in Gaza City shut down after intense Israeli bombardment<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 15h ago<\/p>\n What do opponents of recognising Palestinian statehood say?<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 15h ago<\/p>\n Israel reopens key border crossing with Jordan<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 15h ago<\/p>\n Italian cities see protests, strikes and blockades against Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 16h ago<\/p>\n Malta to announce formal recognition of Palestinian state later today<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 17h ago<\/p>\n What does recognition of Palestinian statehood entail practically?<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 18h ago<\/p>\n Why is the UK recognising Palestinian statehood now?<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 18h ago<\/p>\n Qatar welcomes recognition of Palestinian state by some western countries<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 18h ago<\/p>\n European officials warn Israel over West Bank annexation plans following moves towards recognition<\/p>\n <\/a>Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Closing summary<\/p>\n We\u2019re wrapping up this live coverage now after the day\u2019s events at the UN. You can read our full report here<\/a>, and below\u2019s a recap of the key news lines. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n French president Emmanuel Macron officially recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday, spurring a wave of western moves to do the same despite fierce resistance from Israel<\/a> and the US.<\/p>\n Macron told a two-state solution conference he convened with Saudi Arabia that the war in Gaza should end and \u201cthe time has come to do justice for the Palestinian people\u201d. \u201cThe time for peace has come, as we are just moments away from no longer being able to seize it,\u201d he told the general assembly.<\/p>\n Macron set out a plan for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force in postwar Gaza. He also called for Hamas-held hostages to be freed and for an end to \u201cthe bombings of Gaza, the massacres and the displacement\u201d.<\/p>\n The Palestinian Authority hailed France\u2019s \u201chistoric and courageous\u201d decision and its delegation gave him a standing ovation.<\/p>\n Australia, Britain, Canada and Portugal also recognised a Palestinian state, raising pressure on Israel as it intensifies its war in Gaza. Monaco, Belgium, Andorra, Malta and Luxembourg then all recognised, bringing the total number of recognitions to three-quarters of UN membership.<\/p>\n UN secretary general Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said statehood was a \u201cright, not a reward\u201d for Palestinians. \u201cNothing can justify the horrific 7 October terror attacks by Hamas or the taking of hostages. And nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n Ant\u00f3nio Guterres addressing the UN summit in New York. Photograph: Eduardo Mu\u00f1oz\/Reuters<\/p>\n Israel and the US \u2013 its chief ally \u2013 boycotted the summit, which ended late on Monday.<\/p>\n Arab and Muslim leaders are set to meet President Donald Trump<\/a> in New York to discuss their separate plan for a stabilisation force in Gaza.<\/p>\n Germany, Italy and Japan are among major US allies that declined to recognise a Palestinian state. Spain, Ireland and Norway gave recognition in May, with Sweden in 2014.<\/p>\n Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow a Palestinian state, saying \u201cit will not happen\u201d. Israeli UN ambassador Danny Danon said Israel \u201cwill take action\u201d over the recognition announcements. \u201cThey are not promoting peace, they are supporting terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n Donald Trump believed that recognising Palestinian statehood \u201cis a reward to Hamas\u201d, the White House said.<\/p>\n The UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, urged Israel not to respond to the new recognitions by annexing parts of the West Bank, saying: \u201cSettler expansion threatens the very viability of a Palestinian state.\u201d<\/p>\n Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas called on Hamas to surrender its weapons to his Palestinian Authority. Addressing the summit virtually after the US refused to allow him to attend, Abbas said: \u201cWe also condemn the killing and detention of civilians, including Hamas actions on October 7 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n The wave of recognition of a Palestinian state is historic but unlikely to immediately change the situation on the ground in Gaza, reports Agence France-Presse, which quoted the International Crisis Group\u2019s Israel-Palestine project director, Max Rodenbeck, as saying: \u201cUnless backed up by concrete measures, recognising Palestine as a state risks becoming a distraction from the reality, which is an accelerating erasure of Palestinian life in their homeland.\u201d Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.53 EDT<\/p>\n Just to recap, the US and Israel<\/a> boycotted today\u2019s two-state conference at the UN. Israeli UN ambassador Danny Danon said Israel would discuss how to respond to the announcements of recognition after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Israel next week.<\/p>\n \u201cThose issues were supposed to be negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians in the future,\u201d Danon told reporters ahead of the conference.<\/p>\n Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Donald Trump on 29 September in Washington before returning to Israel, as Reuters reports.<\/p>\n Netanyahu has rejected repeated calls to end Israel\u2019s military offensive until Hamas is destroyed and has said a Palestinian state \u201cwill not happen\u201d, calling recognition of statehood a \u201cprize\u201d for Hamas.<\/p>\n The US has told other countries that Palestinian recognition will create more problems, secretary of state Marco Rubio said this month.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese is preparing to meet the French president on the sidelines of the UN general assembly as he defends Australia\u2019s recognition on Sunday of Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n Ahead of his third official meeting with Emmanuel Macron, Albanese addressed the leaders\u2019 summit on a two-state solution and compared the plight of Palestinians to that of the Jews before the creation of Israel<\/a>, the Australian Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n \u201cIn recognising Palestine, Australia recognises the legitimate and long-held aspirations of the Palestinian people,\u201d Albanese said. \u201cIt means real hope for a place they can call home.<\/p>\n This is the same hope that sustained generations of Jewish people.<\/p>\n In his speech to the conference \u2013 which has now wrapped up \u2013 Albanese also urged the Israeli government to \u201caccept its share of responsibility\u201d for the \u201chumanitarian catastrophe\u201d in Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n Australian PM Anthony Albanese addressing the leaders\u2019 summit at the UN on Monday. Photograph: Lev Radin\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a019.27 EDT<\/p>\n After France\u2019s recognition of Palestinian statehood on Monday, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and Monaco also announced or confirmed their recognition of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n It came a day after the UK, Canada, Australia and Portugal also recognised statehood.<\/p>\n Germany, Italy and Japan took part in the UN conference but did not recognise such a state, the AP reports.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called for a state of Palestine to be admitted to the UN.<\/p>\n \u201cThis conference marks a milestone but it\u2019s not the end of the road,\u201d he said at the UN general assembly. \u201cIt\u2019s only the beginning.<\/p>\n \u201cThe state of Palestine must be a full member of the United Nations,\u201d said Sanchez, an outspoken critic of Israel\u2019s war in Gaza.<\/p>\n \u201cThe process for the state of Palestine to join this organisation must be completed as soon as possible, on an equal footing with other states,\u201d he said, quoted by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n Second, we must take immediate measures to stop the barbarism and make peace possible.<\/p>\n Spain \u2013 alongside Ireland and Norway \u2013 already recognised a Palestinian state in May.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.37 EDT<\/p>\n Recognising Palestine is \u201cprotecting the pathway to peace\u201d, Cooper adds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.16 EDT<\/p>\n She echoes others saying Hamas can have no future in the governance of Palestine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In a carefully worded statement, Cooper condemns violence on both sides, citing \u201ccontinued bloodshed, manmade famine, terrorism and hostage-taking, settlement expansion and settler violence\u201d.<\/p>\n But more clearly, she says \u201csettler expansion threatens the very viability of a Palestinian state\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe two state solution risks disappearing beneath the rubble \u2013 that is what extremists on both sides want,\u201d Cooper says.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>UK foreign secretary says Palestinian statehood is ‘inalienable right’<\/p>\n The UK\u2019s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, says \u201cstatehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people\u201d and that \u201ctwo states is the only path to security and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.15 EDT<\/p>\n Luxembourg becomes latest nation to recognise Palestine<\/p>\n Luxembourg\u2019s prime minister Luc Frieden says his country is officially recognising a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n It is the beginning of a renewed commitment to hope, a commitment to diplomacy, to dialogue, to coexistence, and a two-state solution. To the idea \u2013 fragile, but still possible – that peace can prevail.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are moments in history when the cause of peace demands both moral clarity and political courage,\u201d Frieden says. Today \u201cis such a moment in history\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n He says \u201cthat the two-state solution remains the only viable way forward for lasting peace\u201d.<\/p>\n Frieden reiterates, like others, that it is \u201cnot a decision against Israel<\/a> or its people\u201d and also not a move to \u201creward violence\u201d.<\/p>\n![\"Emmanuel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758592989_579_2500.jpg\")
Emmanuel Macron announces the French recognition of Palestine. Photograph: Lev Radin\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n
With AFP and agencies<\/p>\n