France leads global push for Palestinian state amid rising pressure, says Macron’s adviser

Ofer Bronchtein, peace activist and special adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, tells Al Jazeera he has been talking to the Israeli government for a year about France’s diplomatic push for a two-state solution.
He said, in response, the Israeli government has been clear that it does not want a Palestinian state, but has not offered another clear solution.
Despite this, Bronchtein said the French initiative today has succeeded in ensuring that four of the five members of the UN Security Council recognise the Palestinian state.
He added that, among the G7, he soon believes there will be six states recognising the Palestinian state.
Bronchtein said the government represents a minority view from within Israel on the two-state solution, citing a recent poll that showed 65 percent of Israelis would accept a Palestinian state if the Arab countries recognise Israel.
“If there were a Palestinian state … October 7 would not have happened because the name of the game is to have a sovereign country responsible for its people,” he said.

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