The Department of State is frustrated by France and the United Kingdom’s plan to recognize a sovereign Palestinian state, saying such rhetoric gives “false hope” to terrorists and denigrates Hamas’s victims.

"I will make the solemn announcement at the United Nations General Assembly in September," President Macron said.

( JTA) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that Britain will join France in recognizing a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations General Assembly if Israel does not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas.