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After the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, should we expect an imminent offensive on Monday October 16? Elements of response with Gilles Kepel, political scientist, specialist in Islam and the Arab Muslim world.
“The context is changing. At the beginning, we were stunned by the horror of the images of the massacred Jews, (…) but today, opinion in the Arab world is shifting towards the prospect of an attack by the Israeli army in Gaza”, explains Gilles Kepel, political scientist, specialist in Islam and the Arab Muslim world. In Rabat (Morocco), Sunday October 15, more than 300,000 demonstrators demanded an end to relations between Israel and Morocco.
Americans and Qataris as main players
“We must keep in mind that the main actors today are neither Israel nor Gaza. These are the global players, the Americans sent two carrier groups, around a hundred planes. Furthermore, everything takes place in Doha (Qatar). And this is also where Mr. Blinken is”, according to Gilles Kepel.
President Emmanuel Macron met on October 15 with the Iranian president.