The push for Palestinian statehood.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 818 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On July 25, French President Emmanuel Macron said France will formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The next week, on July 30, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain will also recognize a Palestinian state unless “the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a long-term, sustainable peace, reviving the prospect of a two-state solution.”
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| 0:27.9 | I'm your host, Isaac Sol, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the push for Palestinian statehood. |
| 0:34.5 | We're going to be breaking down some press releases, comments, statements from a few |
| 0:40.8 | major players in NATO about Palestinian statehood. I'm going to share some views from the left |
| 0:45.9 | and the right here in the U.S. and, of course, some international views for this story. |
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