US frustrated by France and UK giving ‘hope’ to Hamas with Palestinian state recognition

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The Department of State is frustrated by France and the United Kingdom’s plan to recognize a sovereign Palestinian state, saying such rhetoric gives “false hope” to terrorists and denigrates Hamas’s victims.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Tammy Bruce called the two European powers’ willingness to legitimize Palestinian sovereignty a “slap in the face to the victims of Oct. 7” and “rewards Hamas” for its terrorist attacks.

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