French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a lunch last month for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and developer Steve Witkoff.

While the formal agenda focused on Russia and Ukraine, it is hard to ignore the undercurrent of unease regarding France’s positions on the Middle East, which have often stood in direct opposition to American and Israeli policy.

What is particularly startling is France’s recent alignment with Slovenia, the Arab League, among other countries in preparing to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.

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