More than 150 French lawmakers signed an open letter on Sunday urging outgoing President Francois Hollande to officially recognise the Palestinian Territories as a state.
The move comes during a period of renewed international determination to revive the two-state solution, after the last talks brokered by then US secretary of state John Kerry collapsed back in 2014.
“France must demonstrate its willingness to overcome the stalemate in this conflict by solemnly reaffirming, in the name of the inalienable right to self-determination, that the Palestiiean people are entitled to a State Respect for international law as well as the security of Israel are at stake," Socialist Party deputy Gilbert Roger wrote in the letter lawmakers adressed to the French President Francois Hollande
France has long supported a two-state solution, and the letter was signed by politicians from across the political spectrum.
The list of signatories includes members of from all different parties: from Socialist Senators Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Catherine Tasca, Deputy Mathieu Hanotin; right-wing Les Républicains [formerly UMP] Senators Jean-Luc Reitzer and Michel Voisin; Communist Deputies Marie-George Buffet and Pierre Laurent; to Green Party Senators Aline Archimbaud and Esther Benbassa.
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