More than 80 town halls in France hoisted the Palestinian flag on Monday ahead of the recognition of a Palestinian state by President Emmanuel Macron in defiance of a government warning not to do so.

PARIS -- Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at ...

Mayors across France have flown Palestinian flags in defiance of a government order to take them down, before it joins several other European and Western countries in recognising a Palestinian state.

French politicians bickered on Sunday over whether it is appropriate to hoist Palestinian flags outside town halls on the eve of the country's planned recognition of the State of Palestine. Ahead of ...

NANTERRE, France (Reuters) -As French President Emmanuel Macron recognised Palestine statehood earlier this week, dozens of town halls across France hoisted the Palestinian flag in celebration - ...

"At City Hall, we have not flown the Palestinian flag, while many city halls (in France) have done so despite bans imposed by the outgoing Interior Minister. We saw more than fifty city halls fly it ...