“Faced with a terrorist organization, Israel will be obliged to respond to the violent attack by Hamas, it is a question of balance of power,” Yonathan Arfi reacted Saturday on franceinfo, after the Hamas attacks against Israel in the morning.
“We feel enormous concern for Israeli civilians, who are delivered to the barbarity of Hamas terrorist commandos who have returned to Israeli cities, who have gone door to door to execute civilians or take them hostage”reacted on Saturday October 7 on franceinfo Yonathan Arfi, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF), after the attacks by Palestinian Hamas in the morning in southern Israel.
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“These attacks demonstrate two things: first, that Hamas is ready for all violence, to take all risks against Israelis, but also against their own population”adds Yonathan Arfi. “Hamas wanted to break out of its isolation, wanted to break the possibility of an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia and was ready to take all the risks and launch this massive surprise offensive.”
“There is always the risk of the repetition effect”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday evening that the Israeli army would “use all your power” For “destroy” Hamas. “Faced with a terrorist organization, Israel will be obliged to respond to the violent attack by Hamas, it is a question of balance of power”reacts CRIF president Yonathan Arfi, “because it is only the balance of power which allows us to resolve the question of terrorism as it is thought of today by a regime which has made it the heart of its strategy.”
In France, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin asked prefects to strengthen the protection of Jewish community places, synagogues but also schools, during a trip to Toulouse this Saturday. “We are vigilant, there is always the risk of the repetition effect, that either terrorist sleeper cells in Europe, or vulnerable minds, decide to attack Jewish targets”declares the president of CRIF, “because in their eyes, attacking French Jews would be a way of taking their part in the fight against Israel. This is why we, French Jews, must be protected.” The president of CRIF adds that he did not have excessive concern, however, “but the atmosphere of the moment requires us to be careful.”
“Today, the entire political class condemned the terrorist actions of Hamas, with the exception of France Insoumise, which chooses to equate a terrorist regime which triggers hostilities, and on the other hand a democracy and its civilian population which is targeted.”
Yonathan Arfi, president of CRIFon franceinfo
“This is something that seems disgusting to me, which basically reflects a legitimization of terrorism, it seems to me morally unacceptable and politically extremely dangerous.” “We will study the legal feasibility” of a complaint against rebellious France on this issue, indicates Yonathan Arfi.