Overview
- France and the Palestinian Authority announced a joint committee tasked with drafting a Palestinian constitution and advancing legal, institutional and organizational reforms.
- Macron committed roughly €100 million in humanitarian assistance with emergency shipments of food supplements, medicines and medical equipment for Gaza.
- France will deploy about 100 additional gendarmes to train Palestinian security and police through EU missions, with Paris also assessing contributions to a potential international stabilization force discussed at the UN.
- Macron warned that Israeli annexation moves in the West Bank are a red line that would trigger a firm joint response with EU partners, denouncing settler violence and accelerated settlement expansion.
- Mahmud Abbas reaffirmed reforms and said presidential and legislative elections are targeted within about a year, tied to progress into the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire that includes Hamas disarmament.