India, July 26 -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced the decision to recognise the State of Palestine, underlining the urgent priority to end the Gaza war and bring relief to its civilian population. He said the French people want peace in West Asia and that it was their responsibility alongside Israelis, Palestinians, and European and international partners to prove that peace is possible. This week, we recommend A Line In The Sand on the role of the UK and France in shaping conflicts in West Asia. In 1916, the UK and France divided the region as per the Sykes-Picot Agreement, condemning it to upheavals. A Line In The Sand is an introduction to the cast of characters involved in the division, their ambitions, resentments, and sympathies, drawing from declassified material about a Franco-British proxy war in West Asia during the Second World War....