Overview
- France received Mahmoud Abbas at the Élysée as the “president of the State of Palestine” and, with him, announced a Franco‑Palestinian committee tasked with writing a constitution.
- Both leaders backed presidential and legislative elections roughly one year after the ceasefire moves to phase two, with Abbas reiterating Palestinian Authority reform pledges.
- Abbas said Hamas would have no role in governing Gaza and pointed to the return of Palestinian security forces in coordination with a potential multinational stabilisation force.
- Macron warned that any partial or total annexation of the West Bank, including via settlement expansion, is a red line and urged Israel to release withheld tax revenues and restore banking links.
- Abbas pledged a rapid extradition of Hicham Harb, suspected in the 1982 rue des Rosiers attack, as France confirmed it has sent officers and civilian staff to U.S.-led planning structures for a possible Gaza stabilisation force.