A mess of ridiculous statements and arguments. the war of Loop It disturbed the political class France. Despite the seriousness of the current state of their conflict, the last two weeks have been low-level drama. Israel And Palestine. Aside from its uniqueness on the international stage of the past year and its ability to talk to actors of all stripes, the neighboring country has a secondary role in defusing this new escalation of tensions. Middle East. Adding to this loss of international weight is the other side of the coin: a polarized political and media debate about a complex and tragic conflict is further increasing tensions in the multicultural Gallic society.
The final chapter of this bad moment in French political life took place this Monday afternoon, with a heated and disrespectful debate in the Parliament. National Assembly. “We are the Pavlovians of disagreement,” the centrist MP lamented Jean-Louis Bourlangues. It was held on the eve of the French president’s trip on Tuesday. Emmanuel Macron, To the Hebrew State. Although there are not very high expectations for this visit, it will serve to make a particularly positive impression. stop the fire and a peaceful solution conflictLeader aims to make some kind of progress on the release of hostages Hamas or entry humane aid In Palestinian territory.
“Israel has the right to security and self-defense,” the Prime Minister assured at the opening of the session. Elisabeth Borne. With his speech he tried to advocate a balanced attitude, which nevertheless risked being baroque and of little impact. “Military intervention should be made accordingly” international rightCalling for a “humanitarian ceasefire,” Borne added, “especially international humanitarian law.” This is a position similar to that of the Spanish Government, and one that France advocated in a vote on Brazil’s resolution at the UN Security Council last week, which Brazil ultimately vetoed. United States of America.
Differences within macronism
The Prime Minister claimed to be defending the “unique voice of France”. However, its position also leads to criticism. left Accusing him of being too soft on the Israeli Government Benjamin Netanyahu. On the other hand, there are the right-wing and Macronist groups who want to give “unconditional support” to Israel, taking Washington as an example.
In fact, the parliamentary debate followed Speaker Macronist’s controversial trip to the Hebrew State this weekend. Yaël Braun-PivetWith Eric CiottiChairman of Los Republicans (related to PP) and Meyer HabibHe is a representative of the French who live in Israel and are close to Likud (Netanyahu’s nationalist and conservative party). After expressing her “unconditional support” for the Israeli government on October 10, Braun-Pivet said this time “nothing should prevent Israel from defending itself” despite the devastating Tsahal bombings that have already killed more than 5,000 people. And he blamed Hamas for these deaths, using them as a “human shield.”
The Braun-Pivet position symbolizes the alignment of a part. macronism In favor of the Israeli Government and its harsh response to the bloody Hamas attacks on 7 October. heir of the Atlantic return Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-12), this position created some differences in French diplomacy. Quai d’Orsay fears weakening relations with other Arab countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, distanced itself from the so-called “hawks” of digital Mediapart; Among them is Sylvain Maillard, head of the parliamentary group of Macron’s party. In his statements, he insists on moving towards a two-state solution.
“The voice of France is missing”
“Israel must end its Israeli policy” colonization”, criticized the centrist Bourlangues, chairman of the Foreign Affairs commission. This MoDem representative experienced a slight dizziness at the end of one of his most interesting and dignified speeches, but was interrupted many times by insults from the right wing.
“France’s voice is missing,” rebels complained Mathilde Panot. “Our tears cannot be guided by a variable geometry. (…) We must mourn all the victims war crimes“, added the head of the parliamentary group of Rebel France (FI, Israel’s main party) from both Hamas and the IDF roughness). Although the location of formation Jean-Luc Melenchon The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is more moderate than the Podemos or Más País conflict and has sparked much debate in France in the last two weeks.
These controversies stem from the rebels’ refusal to refer to Hamas as an “organization.” terrorist” and preferred to talk about the “terrorist acts” carried out on October 7. Also condemning “all war crimes” suffered by both Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Even on the cover of the magazine, there are some word differences that caused rivers of ink in the French media. Charlie Hebdo Here he presented Mélenchon as a friend of Hamas but emphasized differences within the left-wing NUPES coalition. This alliance of rebels, socialists, greens and communists is experiencing its most sensitive period.
The latest of these controversies stemmed from a tweet Mélenchon posted on Sunday in which he criticized Braun-Pivet’s statements from Israel and condemned her for “setting up camp.” Tel Avivand compares them with the rally in support for the Palestinian people that took place at the Place de la République in Paris, where 15,000 people attended according to the police and more than 30,000 according to the organisers. Criticisms have implications, according to the speaker of Parliament, the grandson of a Polish Jew anti-semiticbecause, according to his rather complex inference, the verb “camp” is part of the same lexical family as “concentration camps”.
“This is a ridiculous debate. Soon we will not be able to say anything,” rebel MP Arnaud Le Gall lamented in the corridors of the Parliament to EL PERIÓDICO DE CATALUNYA of the Ibérica Prensa Group. ideological war “On the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in France,” this representative said. A pulse between the Gaullo-Mitterrand vision and the Atlanticist vision, which has been overshadowed by the debates that have followed each other in the last two weeks.