Emmanuel Macron has suggested the formation of an international coalition to combat Hamas similar to the one deployed against the Islamic State several years ago. The president of France floated the idea on Tuesday during his visit to Israel.
An Elysee source later fleshed out the proposal in more detail. ‘We are available to build a coalition against Hamas or to include Hamas in what we are already doing in the coalition against Isis,’ said the source, adding that as well as operations on the ground, the coalition is ‘involved in the training of Iraqi forces, the sharing of information between partners, and the fight against terrorism funding.’
Isis is far from finished, contrary to what Macron appears to believe is the case
That seems to imply that the fight against Isis is not only going well but is centred in Iraq, where the caliphate was proclaimed in 2014 and where it collapsed five years later.
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