France has set a two-year deadline to recognize Palestinian statehood unless a negotiated solution is reached. The French initiative calls for recognizing the state of Palestine unless Israel agrees to allow Palestinian statehood through negotiations. The French member of parliament who drafted the measure, Élisabeth Guigou, said the aim is to advance the two-state solution that Israel claims to support.

Élisabeth Guigou: “We are not presumptuous to the point of thinking that our resolution will make peace in the Middle East, but we hope that it will contribute to a movement for peace that says we cannot just continue to be with the status quo. The status quo is very dangerous. We want to help also those who in Israel say, 'We must act for a two-state solution.' That’s what we want to do, as well.”

The French Parliament is set to hold a formal vote on Tuesday. Britain, Spain and Sweden have advanced similar measures over the past two months.