Several top American Jewish groups rejected a meeting with representatives from the French government after President Emmanuel Macron announced that Paris would officially recognize Palestine as a state.
Invitations for a meeting from French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot were turned down by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, B’nai B’rith International, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the UJA-Federation of New York, and the World Jewish Congress on Friday.
In a statement criticising President Macron’s move to recognize Palestine as a state — despite having no clear borders or functioning democratic government — the groups said: “By taking such a unilateral step, France not only emboldens extremists, but risks the security of the Jewish people around the
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