French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Cairo today for a trilateral summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. The meeting, called under the pretense of responding to the so-called “Gaza emergency,” is widely seen as another misguided effort by international leaders to pressure Israel into halting its justified campaign against Hamas—a genocidal terrorist organization responsible for the October 7 massacre that slaughtered over 1,160 people, including children, babies, and the elderly.
Macron announced the summit by stating, “In response to the Gaza emergency and during my visit to Egypt at President al-Sisi’s invitation, we will hold a trilateral summit with the Egyptian President and the King of Jordan.” Yet, conspicuously absent from his statement was even a single word about the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas in underground tunnels, enduring torture, starvation, and sexual violence. This silence is not an oversight—it’s a political choice.
At the heart of the summit’s agenda is the demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. But this “ceasefire” is not for peace—it’s a tactical pause meant to rescue Hamas from complete collapse. Every so-called humanitarian pause in the past has been exploited by Hamas to regroup, rearm, and prepare for more terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. Calls for de-escalation ignore one simple fact: Hamas started this war, and Israel is fighting to end it once and for all.
Macron is also expected to visit El-Arish, Egypt’s key aid hub for Gaza, where he will meet with humanitarian workers. Yet there is no acknowledgment that Hamas has consistently diverted humanitarian aid for its own military use—hoarding fuel, stealing food, and using hospitals as command centers. Humanitarian aid, without accountability, only extends Hamas’ ability to wage war.
During the summit, Macron signed a series of economic agreements with Egypt, reaffirming what he called a “strategic partnership.” But his diplomacy rings hollow when it refuses to confront the real threat in the region: Iran’s terror axis, which includes Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen.
King Abdullah II’s presence adds regional legitimacy to the summit, but it also reflects a long-standing double standard. Jordan, like many in the Arab world, demands “restraint” from Israel while ignoring the atrocities committed by Hamas—not just on October 7 but in every rocket fired, every child used as a human shield, and every hostage still left behind.
This summit may produce more headlines, but it offers no justice. It elevates political posturing over moral clarity, and it fails to demand the one thing that truly matters: the unconditional release of every Israeli hostage. Until that happens, any discussion of “humanitarian solutions” is not diplomacy—it’s denial.
Israel does not need lectures. It needs the world to stand with it against terrorism. Macron came to Cairo to rescue Hamas from defeat. Israel came to Gaza to rescue its people from evil.
