The French president gave an interview to CNN in which he fiercely opposed Donald Trump’s plan for the Gaza Strip.
On the sidelines of the AI summit held in Paris, Emmanuel Macron gave an interview to the CNN news channel on Tuesday, February 11, from the Elysée. Asked about the President of the American President’s intentions for the Gaza Strip, the French president has advanced some very critical comments. “Gaza is not an empty land, it is a territory where two million people live. […] We can’t say to two million people: ‘OK, now guess? You are going to leave ‘”.
“The correct answer is not to organize a real estate operation is to propose a political operation,” added Emmanuel Macron, calling for respecting “the will of the Palestinian people to have a state”. The French president considered that it was necessary to “be effective” to rebuild the Gaza band as quickly as possible, but has hammered that this “does not automatically mean that you should disrespect the Palestinian population as well as to Jordan and to Egypt “.
It was then on a more moral land that the French head of state spoke. “We must hold on to our principles. Sometimes in this world, we can have the impression that talking about principles is archaic. But I will tell you: we speak of humanity. Civilization is a process, in which generations Learn older and that’s how we become better. full of innuendo.
Donald Trump, on February 4, said his wish to “control” the Gaza Strip, to make it “Riviera du Middle East” and to move the two million Gazaouis to other countries, including Jordan and Egypt. An idea welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but which has aroused strong criticism from the entire international and UN community. Neither Egypt nor Jordan wish that the populations of the Gaza Strip are moved.