The French president, Emmanuel Macron, requested on Monday, April 14 for the “reform” of the Palestinian authority as part of a plan that would see the body based in the West rule for a postwar gaza without the Islamist movement Hamas. France is among the European nations that has supported a plan for Gaza to return to the control of the Ramallah authority after almost two decades of Hamas government.
“It is essential to establish a framework for the following day: disarm and Hamas on the margin, define a credible governance and reform the Palestinian authority,” Macron wrote in X after a phone call with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas. “This should allow progress towards a political solution of two states, with a view to the Peace Conference in June, at the service of peace and security for all.”
Macron said last week that France could take the unprecedented step to recognize a Palestinian state duration at a United Nations Conference in New York in June, causing Israel’s conviction.
Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, when he took control of the Palestinian authority after having been blocked from exercising real power despite winning a parliamentary election the previous year.
Both France and the United States under Joe Biden have pressed by the Palestinian authority, which has limited autonomy in parts of the West Bank, to eliminate corruption and bring new faces with the hope that it can take care of Gaza.
The Ramallah headquarters, directed by Abbas, 89, has been hindered by the occupation of Israel of the West Bank and the unpopularity of the Palestinian President.
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