Macron announced that France would join them, a declaration that was met with lengthy applause from delegates. “This recognition is the only solution that will allow Israel to live in peace.”Macron stressed that Palestinian statehood must be acknowledged as a right, not as a concession. “Let’s be clear: statehood for the Palestinians is a right, not a reward. He condemned the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel but warned that the collective punishment of Palestinians was equally unjustifiable. Guterres also called for an end to what he termed the “relentless” expansion of settlements, the “creeping threat of annexation,” and rising settler violence in the West Bank, saying these developments posed an existential threat to the two-State solution.