Mahmoud Abbas and Emmanuel Macron agreed with the “urgent need for a ceasefire” in Gaza during a telephone exchange on Monday. This conversation between the two men occurs in the aftermath of criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the French president’s position on the Palestinian issue.
The president of the Palestinian authority Mahmoud Abbas and the French head of state Emmanuel Macron agreed Monday during a telephone exchange of the “urgent need for a cease-fire” in Gaza, reported the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. This conversation between the two men occurs in the aftermath of criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the French president’s position on the Palestinian issue.
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Macron tells Abbas that we must “dismiss” Hamas and “reform Palestinian authority
Emmanuel Macron told the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, who had to be “dismissed” Hamas in Gaza and “reform” Palestinian authority in order to “move towards the political solution to two states”, Israeli and Palestinian.
“It is essential to build a framework for the day after: disarm and dismiss Hamas, define credible governance and reform the Palestinian authority,” said French president on X after a telephone exchange with Mahmoud Abbas.
The importance of implementing the Arabic plan for Gaza
Mahmoud Abbas and Emmanuel Macron insisted on “the urgent need of a cease-fire, the acceleration of the delivery of humanitarian aid, the rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people of their territory and the care of Gaza by the Palestinian Authority, including security responsibilities,” said Wafa. “The two leaders also stressed the importance of implementing the Arabic Rapiding and Reconstruction Plan (Gaza), while guaranteeing the presence of the Palestinians on their land,” added the agency.
Emmanuel Macron mentioned last week the possible recognition of a Palestinian state. In an interview broadcast on Wednesday, he said that France could recognize the Palestinian state in June during a conference that Paris will co -reside with Saudi Arabia in the United Nations in New York, while scoring such a gesture in a reciprocal movement of recognition of Israel by Arab countries.
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Recognize the Palestinian state, “a serious mistake” to Netanyahu
On Sunday on the social network X, Benjamin Netanyahu judged that Emmanuel Macron made “a serious error by continuing to promote the idea of a Palestinian State (…), a state whose only aspiration is the destruction of Israel”.
“We will not accept moral lessons on the creation of a Palestinian State which would endanger the existence of Israel, on the part of those who oppose the independence of Corsica, New Caledonia, French Guyana and other territories, whose independence would in no way threaten France,” he wrote. Relations between Israel and France have set out clearly in recent months.
