"Ofer Bronchtein was brought to tears as French President Emmanuel Macron delivered his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, recognizing a Palestinian state for the first time. "Honestly, I cried," he told NPR in an interview in his Paris apartment after his return from New York. "I see it happening in front of me and I see the full room of the General Assembly and everyone is applauding.""
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said world leaders who recognized Palestinian statehood were granting a "tremendous reward" to the Palestinian militant group Hamas after its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, which triggered the war in Gaza. Bronchtein refutes this, arguing it is no reward for a group that never sought a peaceful coexistence alongside Israel."
Emmanuel Macron recognized a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September, marking a first-time U.N. recognition. Ofer Bronchtein, an Israeli-French activist, reacted emotionally and regards the recognition as the culmination of his long advocacy for a two-state solution. The Israeli and U.S. governments opposed the recognition, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu characterized it as granting a "tremendous reward" to Hamas after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza war. Bronchtein rejects that framing and contends that prior Palestinian statehood could have prevented the Oct. 7 attack. Bronchtein has advised Macron informally and seeks a leading French role in pursuing a lasting peace.
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