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The franceinfo Talk takes stock of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Ludo Pauchant receives Peer de Jong, former colonel of the marine troops, Coline Beytout, legal advisor in international humanitarian law and Bertrand Badie, specialist in international relations.
Monday April 1st, seven humanitarian workers from the American NGO World Central Kitchen were killed in a Israeli strikewhile the latter distributed food in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has opened an investigation, with a view to “review the tragic incident at the highest level to understand the circumstances”.
According to Jean-François Corty, vice-president of Médecins du Monde and associate researcher at IRISthe American NGO “has been highlighted recently as being an actor who would operationalize the American and European maritime corridor proposals”. The latter deduces that this drama is “a message sent by the Israeli army, including to Europeans and Americans”.
Adoption of a resolution demanding an “immediate ceasefire” by the UN Security Council
Monday March 25the UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding a “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. The text, voted with 14 votes in favor and one abstention from the United States, requires that it must take place immediately during Ramadan, before “lead to a lasting ceasefire“, And “demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages”.
For the former French ambassador to Israel (2003-2006), Gérard Araud, this text will only increase the pressure on Israel, without forcing the State to respect the resolution. According to him, what is interesting in this vote is the abstention of the United States: “the Americans have not yet voted for the resolution but it shows, little by little, the distance between Israel and the Biden administration”.