To fight against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Emmanuel Macron proposed from Tel Aviv on Tuesday “an international coalition”. To do this, we must succeed in “making Arab countries admit that Hamas is a terrorist group that must be eradicated”, underlines the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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“The search for peace is priceless”said Tuesday, October 24 on franceinfo, Senator LR Cédric Perrin, president of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Defense and Armed Forces, while Emmanuel Macron proposed during his trip to Israel “a coalition” international for “to struggle against” against Hamas. “All initiatives that can be taken in this direction are good initiatives”believes Cédric Perrin. “The difficulty is how to implement it”.
For the senator, “the traditional role of France is to try to be a country that speaks to those who no longer speak to each other”. He greets the“interesting initiative” taken by Emmanuel Macron. The president has “reaffirmed very clearly that Islamist terrorism is the common enemy of France” while remembering “that France has very particular attention to the Palestinian people, whom it does not confuse with Hamas”underlines Cédric Perrin.
But the “difficulty” for the head of state is that his proposal “be implemented”, judges Senator LR. He specifies that, according to his information, the proposal “was not really coordinated with our allies”. The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee points to another “difficulty” who is “to make Arab countries admit that Hamas is a terrorist group that must be eradicated and that they must support us in this process”. He emphasizes that “Hamas has become the champion of the Arab street”.
The senator states that “the Palestinians have undoubtedly been exploited by Iran, that they are only a pawn in a monumental game of chess” that Iran “play with Russia and others, and let them place their pawns according to their interests”. “The Palestinians have been sacrificed due to the atrocities committed by Hamas”, adds Cédric Perrin. Must therefore “find solutions to, on the one hand, satisfy the Israeli people who demand that a strong response be undertaken, and on the other hand international law which must be respected”. Emmanuel Macron’s approach benefits from “very little space”alerts the senator. “We must try to maximize the possibility of using this small space to find solutions”.