Macron Says France to Recognize Palestine
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France will become the largest Western power and the first member of the G-7 to recognize Palestinian statehood.
Georges Abdallah, a 74-year-old Lebanese teacher who became a left-wing symbol for the Palestinian cause, is to be freed by France on Friday after 41 years in jail. Described by his lawyer as "the man who has spent the longest time in prison for events linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,