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July 29, 2025

Trump Administration Blasts France's Moves to Recognize Palestinian State
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At the United Nations, Saudi Arabia and France have opened a three-day
conference aimed at recognizing Palestinian statehood as part of an
effort to end Israel's assault on Gaza. Already, 147 of the U.N.'s 193
member states recognize the state of Palestine - though not the United
States, nor its allies in the "G7" group of powerful nations. Ahead of
this week's conference, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee mocked
France's planned recognition of Palestine as "the new nation of
'Franc-en-Stein.'"


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