Emmanuel Macron also stated that he had spoken several times with “all the leaders of the region” for ten days now. He reiterated France’s “solidarity” with Israel “in the face of the terrorist attack suffered” and “expresses all our support so that Israel can defend itself.” He also sent warning messages calling for respect for humanitarian and international law for civilians in Gaza and the West Bank and for non-escalation of the conflict in Lebanon. “We remain very committed,” he continued. If the right of the Jewish state to defend itself is “legitimate,” it must be “compatible” with “respect for international and humanitarian law, respect for the civilian population and the population,” he emphasized, differentiating the “terrorist” group Hamas from the “Palestinian authorities and even more so from the Palestinian people.”
The president also announced that he would “go to the region as soon as I think we have a meaningful agenda and very concrete measures there,” “when we can reach a concrete agreement either on non-escalation or on humanitarian assistance .” Problems. Until then, “I will continue consultations and discussions,” he said. “For France, the security of Israel, the fight against all terrorist groups, but also the peace process and the political solution are an inseparable whole. We have to rediscover this agenda,” he said.
“This extremely difficult moment (…) for the entire region shows that those who may have believed that the problem was only an economic and security problem have overlooked the fact that it is also political in nature and that we “We cannot solve the problem without making an ambitious commitment to the peace process.” On this basis, I will perhaps travel to the region in the coming days or weeks,” emphasized the head of state, saying “maintaining a criterion of effectiveness”.