Victory Coalition Virtual Briefing

Kellogg-Briand 2.0: Delusional French Diplomacy Will Bring More War – Not Peace – Again

U.S. Wisely Refuses to Participate in, Legitimize Effort to Promote Palestinian “State”

7:00-8:00 a.m. ET
Monday, July 28, 2025

Nearly one hundred years ago, the French government proposed a treaty to ban war. The resulting Kellogg-Briand Pact proved to be an exercise in utter futility, notably marked by the outbreak of World War II, history’s worst conflict.

Last Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would formally recognize a Palestinian state in September. And this week, his government seeks to advance that cause by co-sponsoring with Saudi Arabia what might be called Kellogg-Briand 2.0 – another act of delusional diplomacy at a UN conference in New York.

For one thing, no such state exists. It has no territory. It has no government. And, most importantly, if there were such a state, it would be a terrorist one committed to acquiring the territory of a country that actually does exist: Israel. As the Palestinians’ genocidal mantra puts it, “From the river to the sea” – meaning they seek a one state solution that entails the elimination of Israel.

The Trump administration has sensibly refused to be party to such an inevitably counterproductive enterprise. Reuters reported that an internal diplomatic cable has been circulated that explains its reasons: “We are urging governments not to participate in the conference, which we view as counterproductive to ongoing, life-saving efforts to end the war in Gaza and free hostages. The United States opposes any steps that would unilaterally recognize a conjectural Palestinian state, which adds significant legal and political obstacles to the eventual resolution of the conflict and could coerce Israel during a war, thereby supporting its enemies.”

This Victory Coalition briefing examines the inadvisability of a Palestinian State; why the push is being mounted and by whom, in addition to France and Saudi Arabia, for its creation out of whole cloth at this point; and what the repercussions would be if the France’ initiative, like its original Kellogg-Briand gambit, is actualized.

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Moderator:

• Frank Gaffney, President, Institute for the American Future; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China

Panelists:

• Dr. David Wurmser, PhD, Former Middle East Advisor to the Vice President and the National Security Advisor; Director, Middle East Program, Center for Security Policy; naval intelligence veteran
• Mark Langfan, Esq., Expert on the Topography of the Holy Land and the Geopolitical Realities It Dictates
• Amb. Yoram Ettinger, Former Congressional Minister, Israeli Embassy in Washington, Editor, The Ettinger Report
• Daniel Greenfield, CEO, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, author, Domestic Enemies: The Founding Fathers Fight Against the Left
• Ken Abramowitz, President, Citizens for National Security; founder, SavetheWest.com; top-rated health care venture capitalist

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