Henry Laurens, historian: "French policy was built on the principle of a two-state solution"

For Henry Laurens, professor at the Collège de France and holder of the chair of contemporary history of the Arab world, the decision to recognize the State of Palestine is in line with France's traditional vision.

This position had been announced for several weeks. Rather, it could be considered delayed because it was supposed to take place as part of the New York conference, but then the war between Iran and Israel pushed it back. Emmanuel Macron is deferring the decision to the UN General Assembly in September, which is also a more appropriate setting for such an announcement. But the President of the Republic took the initiative because some criticized him for not keeping his promise. And then, in recent days, there has been a real international upheaval. There are these terrifying images of famine. French public opinion is not insensitive to them either.

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