A post by the French president, Emmanuel Macron Late in the night in X, in which he announced that he would recognize a Palestinian state in September, the first member of the United Nations and G7 Council to do so was enough to change everything and at the same time nothing.

Although recognition from France was expected for several months, Macron’s decision to do so surprised many.

But what exactly does this unexpected recognition mean by the French president? According to CNN, Macron believes that this is the right time to act. Leaders from France, the United Kingdom and Germany are due to discuss Friday the need for urgent action for the new low levels of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

More than a thousand inhabitants of Gaza have been killed in desperate food from May, dozens of even hunger itself. Icons of skeletal, starvation of Gaza residents, including children, have reminiscent of the darkest corners of the twentieth century, causing the West to disgust.

Although Macron’s decision is considered bold, it essentially paves the way for the major international forces to follow its example.

“I had other colleagues on the phone and I am sure we will not be the only ones to recognize Palestine in September,” a senior French presidency official told CNN on Thursday after Macron’s announcement.

Looks will most likely turn now to United Kingdom, perhaps in Germany. The perspective of the United States, the narrower ally of Israel, even without the Trump presidency, seems impossible.

But for those who are on the spot, This decision of France will probably not change much.

Hamas welcomed France’s decision, referring to a “positive step” but to Israeli leaders, he did not like Netanyahu at all arguing that this “rewards terrorism”.

This feeling was quickly adopted by the United States, which have been more and more opposed to their Western allies in Europe over the Israeli war in Gaza.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mark Rubio He said the US is “flatly rejecting” the Macron plan, describing the decision “reckless”.

But even if international recognition could, by magic, bring about specific changes for Gaza, the September deadline will come too late for the starving Palestinians.

Philip Lazarin, head of UNRWA, the United Nations Main Service for Palestinian refugees, said Thursday that people in Gaza looked like “walking carcasses” as hunger was spreading.

And the 2.1 million people in Gaza are now in food insecurity and on Tuesday, the Gaza Ministry of Health said 900,000 children are hungry. About 70,000 children already have signs of malnutrition.

Diplomacy resolution?

France’s isolated announcement also implies a sign of despair on Macron’s side. According to CNN, Macron is a man who thinks the more the better. A month ago, everything seemed ready to recognize Palestine by France – a summit that would be co -ordinated with Saudi Arabia was scheduled for Riyadh from June 17th to June 20th. But when an open conflict broke out between Israel and Iran on June 13, this plan wrecking.

The expectation among experts was that France and Saudi Arabia would mobilize other allies in a common recognition – a powerful message to Jerusalem and Washington on the importance of the solution of the two states and peace.

Macron may have been a winner by September if the allies agree on the recognition of France, but this will not be done without risking France’s diplomatic capital and persuading more reluctant partners.

“The idea is to put some pressure on other countries,” said the senior French official at CNN.

European nations have proven stubbornly reluctant to officially act for a two -state solution and recognize a Palestinian state. Respect for the West’s ally, Israel, the aversion to the Islamist government in Gaza and the weaknesses of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank, and a seemingly acceptable status quo decades, led to a restrained anger for the Israeli and the Israeli.

But France is now overturned and within the country the recognition of a Palestinian state will not be a controversial move. The country has long supported a two -state solution for Israel and Palestine based on the 1967 border, although Elise’s source said that French recognition would not determine the border.

Macron strongly supported Israel’s retaliation for the massacres of October 7, but over time he has hardened his criticism of Netanyahu and the way Israel waged the war.

Publicly, he was concerned about the “introduction” of the conflict in France, where the largest community of Jews and Muslims in Europe live. But as the victims in Gaza were growing, France banned weapons exports to Israel, orchestrated throwing in the area and repeatedly called for a ceasefire and access to humanitarian aid and journalists.

Making this jump, the Champs -Elysees are certainly hoping for a domino recognition throughout the West.