{"id":11573,"date":"2025-09-17T14:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/?post_type=article&p=11573"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:54:33","slug":"emmanuel-macron-world-order-and-palestinian-statehood","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/emmanuel-macron-world-order-and-palestinian-statehood\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel Macron, World Order and Palestinian Statehood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eli Kenin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf France is to live up to its ambition and its history, it must remain sovereign.\u201d[1]<\/a> With these words, President Emmanuel Macron affirmed his belief in a strong national state. Macron, the youngest French leader since Napoleon, began his first term in 2017 at age 39, with a great deal of ambition. Employing a concept coined in reference to Israel\u2019s tech-driven transformation, he declared shortly after taking office, \u201cI want France to be a startup nation \u2014<\/a> a nation that thinks and moves like a startup.\u201d[2]<\/a> The National Interest<\/em> noted that his ambition to recast France as a \u201cstartup power\u201d would demand boldness and agility \u2014 qualities Macron seemed to possess.[3]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With less than two years remaining in his second five-year term, and continuing government instability on the horizon, Macron is widely seen as having failed in both domestic and foreign policy. France faces soaring public debt, a struggling healthcare system, deteriorating relations with overseas territories, and waning influence in Africa. His mediation efforts failed to prevent Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Meanwhile, France\u2014home to the EU’s largest Muslim population\u2014continues to endure more jihadist attacks than any other European country. At the same time, security forces struggle to manage expanding urban zones increasingly disconnected from French culture that have become recurring flashpoints of unrest, most recently during the nationwide riots of June 1st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emanuel Macron’s solution to shore up his image at home and abroad is simple: recognize a Palestinian State<\/a>, a necessity that he presents in almost apocalyptic terms \u2013 \u201cWhat is at stake is clearly the global order.\u201d[4]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The embattled French president, whose approval rating is only 19%,[5]<\/a> had planned to promote this historic move at a ‘high-level’[6]<\/a> UN conference on the two-state solution, co-chaired by Paris and Saudi Arabia in June. But with the summit postponed due to the Israel-Iran war, Macron declared that France would recognize a Palestinian State at a more prominent platform in September \u2014 the UN General Assembly.[7]<\/a> Such recognition, however, will not only undermine Macron\u2019s broader goal of preserving France\u2019s now waning status as a leading global power but will also weaken the very state system that underpins the world order his nation was most influential in creating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France and the modern Westphalian nation-state<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than any other country, France shaped the concept of the modern nation-state. In the 17th century, Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister to the king, \u201cinvented the idea that the state was an abstract and permanent entity existing in its own right,\u201d writes Henry Kissinger (World Order<\/em>, 2014).[8]<\/a> The Thirty Years\u2019 War and the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia created a balance of power in Europe, ending dynastic and religious rule in favor of centralized authority and national interest. The French Revolution anchored sovereignty in the will of the people and, with its universal principles \u2014 Libert\u00e9, \u00c9galit\u00e9, Fraternit\u00e9<\/em> \u2014 helped lay the ideological foundations of the modern international system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the Westphalian state has become the fundamental unit of international relations. It provides the framework needed to build political institutions, preserve culture and language, practice religious liberty, and ensure the protection of individual rights within a sovereign territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel: an ancient monarchy reborn as a Westphalian state<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the nations established in the post-war, post-colonial era, Israel stands as the most successful and resilient example of the Westphalian system’s validity. While nations like Singapore have achieved greater economic prosperity, no other state has accomplished what Israel has: resurrecting an ancient language, creating robust democratic institutions, and enabling its persecuted religion to flourish anew\u2014all while protecting freedom of worship for its many minorities. It is hard to imagine that an ancient monarchy that was destroyed over 1,800 years ago and whose people were scattered to the four corners of the earth could be resurrected in any other form than as a modern nation-state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State of Israel\u2019s achievements are particularly remarkable given the constant security challenges from its neighbors who reject democratic governance and religious freedom. Their approach to international relations remains pre-Westphalian, shaped less by state institutions than by a religiously infused conception of world order.\u201d[9]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only Israel’s unwavering belief in its rebirth and its technological ingenuity, born of necessity, have enabled its survival. Yet its innovations have transcended self-defense, contributing to remarkable advances in science, medicine, and technology that benefit all humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World order and the attack on the Westphalian system<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the nation-state system faces mounting challenges from non-state actors, as Kissinger argued in World Order<\/em>.[10]<\/a> It is under top-down pressure from economic globalization and international organizations, and bottom-up threats from terrorism, transnational crime, and the collapse of government authority in certain regions, leading to failed states. Instant global communications networks accelerate uncertainty from both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kissinger surveyed competing visions of global governance and concluded that the Middle East poses the most complex challenge to international peace and stability.<\/a>[11]<\/a> Central to that challenge is Islam\u2019s ambition to establish a universal religious order\u2014along with its strategy for achieving this: jihad\u2014\u201can obligation binding on believers to expand their faith through struggle \u2018by his heart; his tongue; his hands; or by the sword.\u2019\u201d[12]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emmanuel Macron echoed these concerns in a February 2020 speech at France\u2019s \u00c9cole de Guerre, stressing the interdependence of national security and the international rules-based system:<\/a>[13]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are witnessing an accelerated disintegration of our international legal order and of the institutions that structure peaceful relations between states. These phenomena undermine the broader security framework and directly or indirectly affect our defense strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President highlighted the persistent threat of jihadi terrorism, pointing to extremist networks that thrive in failed states and continue to exploit weaknesses in Western societies. He reaffirmed his commitment: \u201cRight after I was elected, I made fighting terrorism my top priority. It will remain so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Islamization: From the French Riviera to the English Channel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, Emmanuel Macron participated in a three-hour, nationally televised interview to defend his record amid widespread security concerns. While there have been no mass-casualty events on the scale of the 2016 Nice attack that killed 86, jihadist violence persists\u2014including a knife attack in a church that killed three, an assault on tourists near the Eiffel Tower, and a teacher’s beheading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond jihadist threats, unrest from heavily immigrant neighborhoods remains a chronic challenge. On June 1st, rioting erupted across multiple cities following a football title win, reaching central Paris in a destructive rampage that left two dead and hundreds injured.[14]<\/a> One French commentator cited a mayor who observed that Palestinian flags were “brandished everywhere there were riots,” calling it \u201cthe banner of revolt\u201d and adding: “It is not Palestine being defended\u2014it is France being targeted.”[15]<\/a> Despite these events, both legal and illegal immigration of Muslims to France continues, due, primarily, to the country’s generous social welfare system and family reunification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 21, a government report was presented to the president detailing the widespread activities of the Muslim Brotherhood\u2014operating under the umbrella organization Muslims of France\u2014in schools, cultural institutions, and municipalities.<\/a>[16]<\/a> The report warned that such activities \u201cpose a risk of damaging the fabric of society, republican institutions, and national cohesion.\u201d[17]<\/a> Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau echoed the concern, stating that the Brotherhood\u2019s ultimate goal is \u201cto convert French society to Sharia law.\u201d[18]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Journal du Dimanche<\/em> published an updated map of \u201cFrance’s radicalization,\u201d in June 2023, noting that no part of the country is \u201cspared by the phenomenon.\u201d[19]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas is the Muslim Brotherhood in its extreme form, an offshoot of the global jihadist movement whose actions span from societal infiltration to brutal terror. Emmanuel Macron understands Israel’s fight for survival is against the same terrorist organization that ultimately wants to destroy France’s democratic society and the values it shares with the Jewish State. In fact, following the October 7th<\/sup>, 2023, massacre he called for an international coalition to fight Hamas.[20]<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what explains Macron’s decision to legitimize the political aspirations of the same movement that his government has identified as an existential threat to French democracy?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From statesman to <\/strong><\/a>globe-trotting messianic populist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until now, France\u2014though a supporter of a two-state solution\u2014has held back from granting formal statehood to Palestine, believing that doing so without genuine negotiations would achieve little. In May 2024, when Ireland, Spain, and Norway extended recognition in the name of “peace, justice and consistency and keeping hope alive,”<\/a>[21]<\/a> France adopted a more measured stance, reflecting its greater diplomatic weight as the EU’s only permanent UN Security Council member and nuclear power. France’s then foreign minister, Stephane S\u00e9journ\u00e9, explained:[22]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The logic is that the peace process leads to state recognition\u2026 not that recognition is a diplomatic end in itself. This is not just a symbolic issue or a question of political positioning, but a diplomatic tool in the service of the solution of two states living side by side in peace and security.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emmanuel Macron, having lost parliamentary control and unable to address France’s domestic problems, is attempting to salvage his legacy through foreign policy. His diplomatic approach has shifted from mature statecraft, suited to the EU’s most prominent Westphalian state, to dangerous populist expediency. His adviser on Israeli-Palestinian relations, Israeli-born peace activist Ofer Bronchtein,[23]<\/a> told France 24: \u201cThe solution will come from outside. They must be told: Enough. Here\u2019s what will happen \u2014 the two-state solution. Then we\u2019ll deal with the other technical issues.\u201d<\/a>[24]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having sought to emulate Israel’s dynamism at the start of his first term, the French President is now ready to sacrifice the world’s only Jewish state on the altar of political opportunism, ingratiating himself with the larger Muslim world that includes France’s large immigrant population. A veteran French diplomat praised Emmanuel Macron for his initiative, saying that it will improve “France’s long-term image with 2\/3 of the world”[25]<\/a> \u2014 countries that align with Arab positions at the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past months, Macron has been traveling the world, preaching the benefits of recognizing a Palestinian state and successfully encouraging other Western countries to do so. At a defense summit in Singapore, he warned that \u201cif we abandon Gaza\u201d and give Israel a free pass, even while condemning the October 7 attacks, \u201cwe kill our credibility to protect the global order.\u201d[26]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Kissinger, two concepts of world order are “embedded in the Israeli Palestinian issue”: Israel is a Westphalian state, while core Middle Eastern countries and factions view international order through what he terms an \u201cIslamic consciousness.”<\/a>[27]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel has melded its traditional culture with a forward-looking high-tech spirit of entrepreneurship, while Palestine, including the Palestinian Authority, remains a religious autocracy mired in jihadist ideology.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

European leaders, like Emmanuel Macron, who convince themselves there is a fundamental difference between Hamas and the PA ignore the openly stated truth: West Bank residents overwhelmingly supported the October 7th, 2023, jihadist massacre of Israelis, which made them “feel prouder to be Palestinian.”[28]<\/a> This support, combined with Palestinian leadership’s decades-long rejection of proposals for statehood, indicates that the real goal is not an independent state. Rather, Palestine will serve as a weapon for the Arab\/Islamic world to destroy Israel\u2014a first step toward their dream of a universal Islamic world order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron’s Reckless Legacy for France and World Order<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conflict of world order between Islam and the West is mirrored within France, between its Muslim enclaves and the broader French public. The Palestinian flag no longer represents simply a nationalist project but increasingly serves as the banner of global jihad.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rewarding Hamas for its barbaric massacre of October 7th with a Palestinian State will only encourage the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups in France, Europe, and around the world to increase their struggle by “heart; tongue; hands; and by the sword.” Jihad is both global and cumulative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France’s greatest contribution to humanity and world order remains the concept of the modern state along with its universal principles: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Yet by recognizing Palestine as a state\u2014a jihadist entity that negates these very republican principles and openly calls for the destruction of Israel, the Mideast’s only Westphalian democracy\u2014Emmanuel Macron’s legacy will be the increasing Islamization of France and the destruction of the rules-based international system that his country helped create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author is an independent writer, researcher and translator living in Jerusalem<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Emmanuel Macron, Speech of the President of the Republic on the Defense and Deterrence Strategy, 7 February 2020, https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/emmanuel-macron\/2020\/02\/07\/speech-of-the-president-of-the-republic-on-the-defense-and-deterrence-strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> Macron Says He Wants France to Be a ‘Startup Nation’, June 15th, 2017, https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2017-06-15\/macron-wants-france-to-be-a-startup-nation-video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> The ‘Macron Miracle’ Could Transform France Into a Global Powerhouse, The National Interest, April 19, 2018, https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/the-buzz\/the-macron-miracle-could-transform-france-global-powerhouse-25451<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> French President Macron: Global order is at risk | Shangri-La Dialogue 2025, May 30, 2025, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LmANr8qdJtQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> La popularit\u00e9 d’Emmanuel Macron et Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou au plus bas, July 20, 2025, https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/la-popularite-d-emmanuel-macron-et-francois-bayrou-au-plus-bas_AD-202507200296.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> \u2018Take Irreversible Action towards Implementing Two-State Solution\u2019, Secretary-General Tells Member States at Security Council Debate, April 29, 2025, https:\/\/press.un.org\/en\/2025\/sgsm22631.doc.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> French plan to recognise Palestinian state draws fire from Israel, US, July 25,2025 https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/french-plan-recognise-palestinian-state-draws-fire-israel-us-2025-07-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> Henry Kissinger, World Order, Penguin Books, 2014, p. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Ibid. p. 133.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> Ibid. pp. 365-370.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Ibid. p. 96.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Ibid. p. 102<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> Speech of the President of the Republic on the Defense and Deterrence Strategy, February 7, 2020, https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/emmanuel-macron\/2020\/02\/07\/speech-of-the-president-of-the-republic-on-the-defense-and-deterrence-strategy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Two people die and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League victory, June 1, 2025, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/01\/deaths-and-arrests-in-france-after-psg-champions-league-victory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> Drapeau palestinien:\u00abl\u2019\u00e9tendard de la r\u00e9volte\u00bb, June 6, 2025, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mw_eOMJVBv4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> Publication du rapport “Fr\u00e8res musulmans et islamisme politique en France”, May 21, 2025,https:\/\/www.interieur.gouv.fr\/actualites\/dossiers-de-presse\/publication-du-rapport-freres-musulmans-et-islamisme-politique-en-france.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> Government-commissioned report says Muslim Brotherhood posing threat to French unity, https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/government-commissioned-report-says-muslim-brotherhood-posing-threat-french-2025-05-21\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> Rapport sur les Fr\u00e8res musulmans : Bruno Retailleau pointe \u00ab un islamisme \u00e0 bas bruit qui se r\u00e9pand\u00bb May 20, 2025, https:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/faits-divers\/rapport-sur-les-freres-musulmans-bruno-retailleau-pointe-un-islamisme-a-bas-bruit-qui-se-repand-20-05-2025-3IZ5MTLY2ZFK5LLVWSR2T2EMXA.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> La carte de France de la radicalisation islamique,09\/10\/2016 \u00e0 11:30, Mis \u00e0 jour le 06\/01\/2023, https:\/\/www.lejdd.fr\/Societe\/La-carte-de-France-de-la-radicalisation-815899<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> France’s Macron wants international coalition against Hamas, October 24, 2023, https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/frances-macron-says-he-stands-solidarity-with-israels-fight-against-terrorism-2023-10-24\/.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state, The Guardian, May 22, 2024, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/may\/22\/palestinian-state-recognition-ireland-spain-recognise-palestine<\/a>; Ireland officially recognises Palestinian state, Reuters, May 28, 2024, https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/ireland-officially-recognises-palestinian-state-2024-05-28\/.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> France stands by decision not to recognize Palestinian state, May 22, 2024, <\/a>https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-decision-palestine-state-foreign-minister-stephane-sejourne-israel-process-diplomacy\/<\/a>; France says conditions not right to recognise Palestinian state, https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/france-says-conditions-recognising-palestine-state-not-met-yet-foreign-mister-2024-05-22\/.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> Macron\u2019s Israeli adviser leading drive for Palestinian state, May 20, 2025, https:\/\/www.jns.org\/macrons-israeli-adviser-leading-drive-for-palestinian-state\/.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> Offensive \u00e0 Gaza: Isra\u00ebl sous pression de ses alli\u00e9s? 22 pays \u00e9voquent de possibles sanctions, May 20, 2025, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iDAntzuaglA&list=PLCnUnV3yCIYsorEFTMQUynEFEJFyZBtTv&index=6&t=1974s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> “Macron is right to want to recognize the Palestinian State” Hubert V\u00e9drine, Apr 17, 2025, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/7F4PUkScexs.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> 22nd Asia security summit – the Shangri-La dialogue-keynote address, May 30, 2025, 22nd Asia security summit – the Shangri-La dialogue-keynote address, May 30, 2025, https:\/\/www.iiss.org\/globalassets\/media-library—content–migration\/files\/shangri-la-dialogue\/2025\/transcripts-final\/keynote\/n\/keynote-address_president-macron_as-delivered.pdf <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> Kissinger, pp. 132-133<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> Survey finds majority in the West Bank support the Oct 7 massacre, November 16, 2023, https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/palestinian-territories\/1700158968-survey-finds-majority-in-the-west-bank-justify-the-oct-7-massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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