French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Amman, Jordan tonight – the second stop on his Middle East trip – from Israel, where he assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of France’s solidarity in the war on terror.

Emmanuel Macron has proposed that the international coalition deployed in Iraq and Syria to fight Islamic State be expanded to include the war against Hamas, following the Palestinian Islamist group’s unprecedented attack on Israeli soil on October 7. He also warned Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen not to risk opening “new fronts”.

The French head of state also met today with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the West Bank. “I see, I hear the suffering of the civilian population in Gaza and, as far as France is concerned, nothing can justify it,” the French president told Abbas, pointing out that the Hamas attack was “also a disaster for the Palestinians.” “Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people,” the French president said.

Jordan: Israel presented ‘above international law’, foreign minister says

Israel is showing itself “above international law”, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi claimed today, accusing the international community of adopting “double standards” regarding the October 7 attack by Hamas and its pounding of the Strip. Gaza by the Israeli armed forces.

In his statements after the UN Security Council meeting, during which there was no call for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire, the Jordanian Foreign Minister emphasized that the international community is obliged to stop Israel’s war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip .