UN conference on Palestinian statehood postponed following Israeli strikes on Iran

Published on 14/06/2025 - 3:32 GMT+2

French President Emmanuel Macron announced connected Friday that a top-level UN convention connected a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine has been postponed amid surging tensions betwixt Israel and Iran.

France and Saudi Arabia were owed to co-chair nan convention hosted by nan UN General Assembly successful New York connected June 17-20, and Macron had been among leaders scheduled to attend.

Macron told reporters that nan two-state convention was postponed for logistical and information reasons, and because immoderate Palestinian representatives couldn’t travel to nan event. He insisted that it would beryllium held “as soon arsenic possible” and that he was successful chat pinch Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman astir a caller date.

He insisted that “this hold does not telephone into mobility our determination to move guardant pinch nan implementation of nan two-state solution, immoderate nan circumstances."

One of nan intends astatine nan UN convention was to summation nan number of countries recognising Palestinian territories arsenic an independent state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected nan creation of a Palestinian state, and Israel refused to participate successful nan conference.

On Wednesday, Reuters reported that US President Trump's management had sent a cablegram discouraging governments astir nan world from attending nan conference.

It reportedly warned countries that immoderate "anti-Israel actions" taken aft nan convention could beryllium followed by negotiated consequences from Washington.

Macron stressed that “the purpose is simply a demilitarised Palestinian authorities recognising nan beingness and nan information of Israel,” Macron said. Any specified authorities would exclude immoderate Hamas leaders, he said.

France and Germany up home information pursuing Israel-Iran tensions

After Israel’s strikes connected Iran connected Friday, Macron said that France’s subject forces astir nan Middle East are fresh to thief protect partners successful nan region, including Israel, but wouldn’t return portion successful immoderate attacks connected Iran.

He said "the consequence of this march towards atomic weapons by Iran threatens nan region, Europe and, much generally, corporate governmental stability."

French schools, places of worship, nationalist buildings, nationalist festivals and gatherings and places of liking for nan French Israeli, American and Jewish communities are each nan attraction of a telephone for greater information fixed retired by France's interior curate Bruno Retailleau today.

In a missive seen by Euronews addressed to nan curate of defence, nan heads of nan army, constabulary and different information chiefs, Retailleau said that deteriorating business successful nan Middle East pursuing Israel's strikes connected Iran necessitated implementation of contiguous action to summation information wrong France.

In summation to calling connected a beefed up constabulary beingness and other vigilance, nan statement besides called for efforts to way individuals, "particularly Iranians aliases those pinch links to Iran", already of liking to French authorities successful nan discourse of anti-radicalisation.

After convening pinch his information cabinet, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany will besides summation protection of Israeli assets and Jewish sites.

While Merz emphasised Israel’s “right to protect its beingness and nan information of its citizens," he besides called connected some sides to refrain from further escalation.