Macron Wants a Palestinian State — But France Already Has One: in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron announced this evening that France “will recognize a Palestinian state.” Bold statement. One wonders, does he mean the same Palestinian state that beheads civilians in the streets of France, stabs people in the heart of Paris, and drives Jews from Marseille and the capital into relocation in Israel? Perhaps he’s referring to a Palestinian state in its “Inshallah, Islamic Republic” edition.

Let’s be serious for a moment. Maybe, just maybe, Macron isn’t really talking about the Middle East. Maybe he’s just proposing a solution to his own domestic problem. Because let’s face it: there’s a greater chance of seeing a Palestinian state emerge in Paris than in Israel.

The Data: France Is Changing, And Not for the Better

The Hypocrisy: Macron Talks About Israel, So He Doesn’t Have to Talk About France

Because attacking Israel is easy. It’s far away, it’s small, and let’s be honest it’s Jewish. It’s a lot more convenient to pontificate about the Palestinian problem in Israel than to admit that the “Palestinian problem” is sitting inside Macron’s own interior ministry, school system, and the burning suburbs of the capital.

So Macron speaks of “two states.” Trouble is, in the streets of Paris, there already are two:

One French, liberal, dying. The other Salafist, antisemitic, and waiting for its moment.

A final note to President Macron: Perhaps go ahead and create a Palestinian state in Paris’s 18th arrondissement. Give it a budget, a flag, and a national anthem, just make sure the lyrics don’t include Allahu Akbar or Death to the Jews. Let’s see if you survive a single day in that state. Here in Israel, we already know how that movie ends.