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Amidst the dying of the digits over Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has sought “respect” from Palestinians and their Arab neighbors, and has been hoping to “respect” from their hometown. It abandoned the US president’s idea of massive displacement of the Gaza people.
“You can’t tell 2 million people,” so what do you guess now? In an exclusive interview recorded at Elysie Palace on Thursday ahead of this week’s AI Summit, Macron told CNN.
“The right answer is not real estate operations. It’s a political operation,” he said.
France supported Israel’s right to protect itself after the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, but Macron publicly condemned Israel’s policies and actions in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon. I’m not avoiding it.
France called on the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) to halt arms exports in October 2024 and to follow other countries.
“I have always had a recurring disagreement with Prime Minister Netanyahu (Israel),” Macron said. “I don’t once again believe that such a large-scale operation is sometimes the right answer for civilians.”
Macron said that an “effective” response to rebuilding Gaza “doesn’t automatically mean that we need to respect people and the country,” and that he remained in Palestinians’ homelands; Gazan refugees emphasized that both Jordan and Egypt wanted to embrace the majority.
The provocative proposals Trump lofted outlined plans to remove Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring Egypt and Jordan, with the US taking “long-term ownership” of the enclave.
Trump sparked a storm of criticism for increasing the potential of Gaza real estate, suggesting that it could be redeveloped into the “Middle Eastern Riviera.”
It’s not the first time anyone on Trump’s track has come to mind. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who served as Trump’s senior adviser in his first term last year, has been Gaza by ousting civilians to unleash the “incredibly valuable” waterfront possibilities of the territory I suggested “cleaning” the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supported Trump’s “amazing ideas” during his visit to the US last week. In recent months, Israel has seen a wave of far-right settlers groups planning and defending Gaza’s redevelopment, calling for Arabs to leave and reestablish Jewish settlements.
Such land from Palestinians is illegal under international law and likely to spark further global condemnation.
Already, like France, the international community has come out loud against Trump’s plans.
The United Nations was robust, and its secretary-general had warned Trump against “ethnic cleansing.” The Spanish Foreign Minister told radio station RNE that “Gazan’s land is Gaza.” In Western Europe, Ghatwilder, the only figure of the Dutch far-right, broke the rank and supported the plan. “Transfer the Palestinians to Jordan. The Gaza problem has been solved!” he wrote to X.
German President Walter Steinmeier said the proposal was “unacceptable” and the country’s foreign minister, Annalena Bearbock, “leads to new suffering and new hatred.”
However, some allies tried to play both sides, and Trump tried to maintain happiness while trying to support norms that were longer than Palestinian rights. “Donald Trump is right about Gaza,” UK Foreign Secretary David Lamy told reporters in Ukraine this week. “When you look at these scenes, it’s clear that Gaza is lying on a rub, the Palestinians who were horribly driven out of months of war.”
Ramie went on to add: “In our view that we must always see two states, we must see Palestinians able to live and thrive in their homelands of Gaza,” his boss, the British Keel. – Prime Minister Starmer emphasized that Palestinians must be allowed to return to their homes in Gaza.
France has done its best to shoot down plans to drive away Palestinians as government spokesmen described such a move as “a volatile issue in the Middle East.”
Includes additional reports from CNN’s Rob Picheta
