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.

Recognising Palestinian statehood is an important step, but without a formal political process, remains largely a symbolic gesture.

The U.S. State Department on Monday condemned a United Nations conference on a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, deeming it "unproductive and ill-timed" amid ongoing efforts to end the fighting in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump’s reacted to the UK government’s major announcement - the United Kingdom plans to officially recognize Palestinian statehood at the United Nations in September—unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza,

The announcements reflect deep frustrations with Israel’s conduct in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank, experts say.

The French government expects Arab countries to condemn the Palestinian militant organization Hamas at a high-level UN conference in New York on Monday on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said.

Post-WWII leader Charles de Gaulle famously rallied France to the Palestinian people following the 1967 war, with Paris engaging with the Palestinian Liberation Organization for decades, even as terror attacks were committed in the group’s name on French soil.

France has announced it will recognize the state of Palestine, a move that could shift discussions about the Middle East's future.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday that the UK is prepared to recognize a Palestinian state during the United Nations General Assembly in September, citing global outrage over images of