Macron Warns Netanyahu’s Gaza Plan Would Be a ‘Disaster’

French President Emmanuel Macron has taken a firm tone against the Israeli government regarding the serious humanitarian situation in Gaza. This Monday, he warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans too take total control of the Gaza Strip would be “an unprecedented disaster.” Macron, who announced last month that France will recognize a Palestinian state next September, called for an international coalition supported by the United Nations “to stabilize the enclave, fight terrorism, and establish a peace government.”

“That is the priority,” and not “an Israeli military operation,” the president said, according to the French presidency yesterday. This is the first time Macron has publicly reacted to Netanyahu’s announcement on Thursday of fully occupying the Gaza Strip, which he justified as being the