“Today, for me, is Israel’s September 11,” says the president of the International Peace Forum

“Today it’s a terrorist organization attacking in a way that Israel has never known” and for me it’s Israel’s 9/11.”, said Saturday October 7 on franceinfo Ofer Bronchtein, president of the International Forum for Peace and former collaborator of Yitzhak Rabin, charged with mission by Emmanuel Macron for Israeli-Palestinian rapprochement. Hamas launched an attack on Israel in a surprise military offensive.

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“There will be before October 7, 2023 and after October 7, 2023. Things will change radically and it is obvious that we will face extreme violence on both sides,” predicts Ofer Bronchstein. “Today we must strengthen the Palestinian Authority, strengthen the moderates and see [Mahmoud] Abbas the Palestinian President, as the best partner for peace”, he adds. According to him, “there are no other alternatives” because “Hamas feeds on the lack of hope of the Palestinian population. Hamas is the enemy of the Palestinians.”

“I regret it but afterwards we will have to find the path to dialogue with Palestinian moderates.”

Ofer Bronchtein, President of the International Peace Forum

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Ofer Bronchstein recognizes that “It’s going to be difficult, but it’s obligatory. In a week, two weeks or a month, things will calm down. The moderate Israelis and Palestinians will have to find the path to dialogue. There is no no military alternative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”insists the mission manager by Emmanuel Macron for Israeli-Palestinian rapprochement.

“The only alternative is a political alternative”this attack occurs “50 years almost to the day in Israel”after that of “October 6, 1973” during which Israel “was surprised by armies from Arab countries who attacked a defenseless country.”