2023-11-19 14:26:11
Published on Nov 19, 2023 at 3:26 p.m.
Six weeks after the start of the conflict triggered by the Hamas terrorist attack, Manuel Valls was the guest on Sunday of the Grand Rendez-vous Europe 1 – CNews – “Les Echos”. Asked about the legitimacy of the continuation of Israel’s response in Gaza, the former Prime Minister estimated that “there is no other solution” because “we must put an end to this terrorist organization, Hamas “.
“What happened at the beginning of October is major, both the feeling of questioning, the feeling of Israel’s infallibility […] and then the realization of a pogrom which had never happened in Israel since its foundation”, and this “forces the State of Israel to react, obviously in very difficult conditions”, he considered. “The death of an Israeli, the death of a Palestinian, the death of a human being is necessarily always a tragedy. No double standards. »
The proposal, made Friday by the UN, for a humanitarian ceasefire does not convince the former head of government. “There may be humanitarian pauses, but no ceasefire. The ceasefire means handing over to Hamas, it would be experienced by this terrorist organization as a victory,” he judged. “It’s premature. »
“Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism”
Present at the march against anti-Semitism on Sunday November 12, which saw nearly 200,000 people march, including two former heads of state, the former leader called for “a form of awakening”. On Sunday, he estimated that Emmanuel Macron “should have been at the head of the demonstration”.
He especially took aim at the rebellious leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, described as anti-Semitic after his tweets against the trip of the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet to Israel. “Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism,” he asserted, also criticizing “its refusal to qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization.”
“This is the first time that a left-wing force, in such a massive way, has made an anti-Semitic speech,” he said, seeing it as a “political calculation in the name of Islamo-leftism”. France Insoumise did not participate in the demonstration of November 12.
For the former Prime Minister, the fight against anti-Semitism is “the fight of his life”. “If we do not understand that the fight against anti-Semitism and hatred of Jews […] is a fundamental element of who we are, we French, so we do not understand the violence of the political project of Islamism,” said former Manuel Valls. And, “if we do not understand this fight”, then “the country disintegrates”.
1700404301
#Manuel #Valls #France #Insoumise #holds #antiSemitic #discourse