Israel / Palestine

French presence

Website of theConsulate-General of France in Jerusalem
French community in Palestine: 18,172 French nationals registered

Visits

The French President received President Abbas at the Élysée Palace on 5 July 2017, 22 December 2017 and 21 September 2018. They also met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September 2019.

The French Prime Minister received his Palestinian counterpart, Mr Rami Hamdallah, at the Hôtel de Matignon on 7 December 2018, during the second intergovernmental French-Palestinian seminar.

On 7 December 2018, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, met with the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mr Riyad Al-Malki. He visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories on 26 and 27 March 2018, meeting with President Abbas and Minister Al-Malki.

French Minister of the Economy and Finance Mr Bruno Le Maire visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories from 4 to 6 September 2017.

President Abbas visited Paris on 11 January 2015 to participate in a march alongside President Hollande and some 50 Heads of State and Government after the terrorist attacks on 7 and 9 January 2015.

Ambassadors

Consul-General of France in Jerusalem: René Troccaz 
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Head of the Palestinian Mission in France: Salman El Herfi

Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation

France dedicated €3.5 million to cultural, scientific and technical cooperation in 2018 in order to support several key sectors, including culture and the media, teaching of French, academic and institutional cooperation, and civil society stakeholders.

Decentralized cooperation is also expanding rapidly: some one hundred French local government bodies are involved in projects relating to Palestinian counterparts.