Emmanuel Macron rejects Trump’s plan to turn Gaza into a resort: “The right answer is not real estate action”

French President Emmanuel Macron Rejected the president’s proposal Donald Trump Transform Gaza into a real estate project. Macron stressed the need to respect Palestinians and their Arab neighbors.

what happened: Macron emphasized in an interview with CNN that the Gaza issue needs a political solution, not a real estate solution. He criticized the idea of ​​replacing 2 million Gazas and said: “You can’t say to 2 million people, ‘Okay, guess what now? You’ll move.'”

The French president said: “The correct answer is not real estate action, it is a political action.”

Trump’s proposal sparked controversy, involving the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan, while the United States took on long-term ownership of the enclave. He envisions turning Gaza into the “Middle Eastern Riviera”.

Macron has always disagrees with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Military operations in Israel in Gaza and Lebanon. In October 2024, France suspended arms exports to the IDF and urged other countries to follow suit.

Macron’s comments are amid a wave of international criticism, including the UN and Spain’s plans for Trump. The proposal also sparked plans for Israel’s far-right settler groups to rebuild Gaza, which is illegal under international law.

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Why it matters: Trump’s proposal to “take over the Gaza Strip” and rebuild the region after Palestinians were sent elsewhere and were widely rejected by world leaders. They believe that nearly 2 million Palestinians migrated from Gaza to ethnic cleansing.

The Arab foreign minister also rejected Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring Egypt and Jordan, saying it was an unstable move that threatened peace in the region.

Despite global push, Trump was at a White House meeting with Jordan King AbdullahHe reportedly reiterated his threat that the United States would control the Gaza Strip and move Palestinians who lived there to Jordan or Egypt or elsewhere.

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