French Foreign Minister, Stephane Sejourne, announced on Saturday that his government would introduce a United Nation’s resolution calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The draft reportedly includes a condemnation of the Hamas terrorist organization for their actions on October 7, and calls for the release of all Israeli hostages currently in captivity.
Speaking at a Cairo press conference with his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts, Sejourne told reporters that the plan would contain “all the criteria for a two-state solution,” and implement an “immediate and permanent ceasefire.”
Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Gilad Erdan, told a local media outlet that his government would “strongly oppose this terrible proposal,” because it “breaks all the principles of negotiations and advances unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.”
He further described the action as something that “plays into Hamas’s hands and rewards terrorism.”
The foreign minister’s comments come as French President Emmanuel Macron, reiterated his opposition to continued Israeli military actions in the region during a recent phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The proposal follows a U.N. Security Council resolution that passed last week, calling for the cessation of hostilities in the embattled coastal enclave. The approval strained relations between Jerusalem and Washington as past attempts to stop the fighting were vetoed by the Biden administration.
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