Mahmoud Khalil’s hopes of being freed on bond as he continues fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him were dashed Friday, despite a judge saying the government could no longer hold Khalil on the premise that his presence in the country is against the national interest.

French President Emmanuel Macron says a top-level U.N. conference on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians scheduled for next week has been postponed.

The suggestion by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, would represent a sharp departure from decades of U.S. foreign policy.

The federal judge overseeing the case Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ruled Friday that he won't release him from government custody.

The Palestinian Authority is heading into a U.N. conference next week hoping to revive a long-defunct peace process.

French president Emmanuel Macron said an international gathering on Palestinian statehood he was set to co-chair next week at the United Nations with Saudi Arabia was postponed.

France said it has received a letter from the Palestinian Authority that contains “concrete and unprecedented commitments” to reform as Paris prepares to co-chair a conference on Palestinian statehood in New York.

Mahmoud Abbas gave assurances to President Emmanuel Macron of France, who has set conditions for possible recognition of a Palestinian state at a U.N. conference next week.