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Macron slams Netanyahu’s plan for Gaza as a ‘disaster… waiting to happen’
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French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured) at Villa Borsig, the guesthouse of the German Foreign Ministry, in Berlin, July 23, 2025. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron slams Israel’s plans to step up its military operation in Gaza as a disaster waiting to happen and proposes an international coalition under a United Nations mandate to stabilize Gaza.
“The Israeli cabinet’s announcement of an expansion of its operations in Gaza City and the Mawasi camps and for a reoccupation heralds a disaster of unprecedented gravity waiting to happen and a headlong rush into permanent war,” says Macron, in remarks sent by his office to reporters.
“The Israeli hostages and the people of Gaza will continue to be the primary victims of this strategy,” he adds. “This war must end now with a permanent ceasefire.”
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