French foreign minister says Paris will continue its two-state push whatever Israel’s election result, with diplomatic pressure and regional goals unchanged

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Paris would keep pressing for a two-state solution regardless of the outcome of Israel’s parliamentary elections. He spoke to France 2 as vote-counting remained deadlocked.

Relations between Paris and Tel Aviv have deteriorated sharply over the past year, strained by French President Emmanuel Macron’s official recognition of a Palestinian state and subsequent measures to sever trade ties with Israeli settlements across the occupied West Bank, which the source describes as illegal.