Agnès Levallois, vice-president of the Institute for Mediterranean Research and Studies in the Middle East, sees a “confliction” in Emmanuel Macron’s message

Emmanuel Macron’s visit continues to the Middle East on Wednesday October 25. Is it useful? “It all depends on the message that the French president wants to send, because I find that there is a confusion in the message [qu’il] wants to pass. I also believe it is very important that he went to Israel to provide the support of the French government to Israel after the tragedy that was experienced by the Israelis. (…) When he arrives also proposing to relaunch the peace process with the Palestinians, (…) I find that very useful.” she concedes.

“And who are we bombing? Mainly civilians”

On the other hand, Agnès Levallois is more reserved regarding “the coalition against Hamas”. “I find that this completely confuses the message that the president wants to send, since Hamas is not Daesh, even if some put forward this hypothesis.”she says.

“It wants so say bomb Hamas infrastructure, why not. These infrastructures, they are present in Gaza, they are also in the West Bank, they are also in East Jerusalem. So we’re going to go bomb the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip? And who are we bombing? Mainly civilians. There is something that completely confuses this message of peace“, adds Agnès Levallois.