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If you support the idea of national and certain determination for the Palestinians, it's a really bad idea.

Because Palestinian statehood should not be a slap in the face of Israelis after October 7.

It's supposed to be the result of compromise and negotiations and hard work.

And what's really happening, and this makes me mad, is that the French and Kirs Sturmur in the UK,

and the Canadians, and the Australians, they're just using it for their own domestic political needs.

And they're turning Palestinian-stated into diplomatic virtue signaling.

And I think this is disastrous to people who actually think that national self-determination

for the Palestinians is something that should be out there at the end of the day.

It's 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 24th, here in New York City. It's 3 a.m. on Thursday,

September 25th in Israel, where, just a few hours ago, a hooty drone struck Israel's southernmost city of a lot,

wounding 20 people, including two men who are in serious condition.

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced his country's formal recognition of a

Palestinian state at a UN conference organized by France and Saudi Arabia.

He was joined by the leaders of Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, San Marino, and Andorra following the UK, Australia, Canada, and Portugal a day earlier.

Also at the conference, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas via satellite, he was beamed in, declared that his government is prepared to lead a Palestinian state both in the West Bank and Gaza.

As Macron recognizes Palestinian statehood, France is reportedly pushing for a so-called,

quote, international stabilization mission to govern Gaza once the war ends and work to disarm

Hamas. On Tuesday, President Trump issued an almost hour-long address to the U.N.

in which he denounced the wave of recognition of Palestinian statehood, arguing the move

rewards Hamas' terrorism.

President Trump also reasserted that Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons, and he said that

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