France on Monday joined the growing number of Western countries that have announced they'll recognize Palestine as a state. Israel has denounced the move.

France is advancing an initiative aimed at establishing an “International Stabilization Mission” that would replace the IDF in Gaza and work to disarm Hamas after the war ends, according to a draft of the proposal obtained by The Times of Israel.

As the Gaza war rages on, France recognized Palestinian statehood on Monday at the start of a high-profile meeting at the United Nations aimed at galvanizing support for a two-state solution to the Mideast conflict.

Even before the latest push, the majority of U.N. members recognized a Palestinian state. In 2012, it won U.N. observer-state status within the body by a vote of 138-9 with 41 abstentions, a diplomatic setback for the U.S. and Israel which opposed the move.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized France's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, calling it "reckless" — French President Emmanuel Macron told CBS News the response was "excessive."

France and Saudi Arabia on Monday held an international peace summit where France formally recognized a Palestinian state, saying, "We can no longer wait."

President Donald Trump spoke on the heels of France, the United Kingdom and other countries endorsing Palestinian statehood.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced in a speech to the UN General Assembly in New York that France now recognizes the State of Palestine.

France and several other Western nations formally declared their recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday in a move that deepens Israel’s international isolation as it pursues its maximalist war aims in Gaza and expands settlements in the occupied West Bank.