2023-10-12 21:41:18
The world shaken by Israel’s “most tragic terrorist attack in history”. On Thursday, Emmanuel Macron “condemned in the strongest possible terms these atrocious acts”, calling on the Jewish state for a “just” response after the Hamas attacks which left more than 1,200 dead in Israel, including 13 French people. In an 11-minute televised speech, the French president promised to “do everything possible to bring back safe and sound” the French hostages, with 17 people missing, and “not to allow any anti-Semitic words or acts to flourish” in the hexagon.
“We share Israel’s grief”
“Israel experienced the most tragic terrorist attack in its history on Saturday. Hundreds of infants, women, men, were hunted down, kidnapped, murdered, taken hostage,” began Emmanuel Macron, protesting against “massacres of Kibbutz, entire villages, blind murderous hatred, a unleashing of absolute cruelty.” “This violence against the Israeli state has stunned an entire nation and the entire world. I speak for all of us when I say that we share Israel’s grief. That we think of this people still in trial and mourning, that we stand by their side. »
“Hamas is a terrorist movement, there can be no ‘yes, but’”
“Let’s say it clearly, Hamas is a terrorist movement,” insisted the Head of State, after the dance of words of certain elected officials of rebellious France. Faced with terrorism, “there can never be a ‘yes, but’,” says Macron. “Those who confuse the Palestinian cause and the justification for terrorism are committing a moral, political and strategic error. »
France will “do everything possible” for a “safe and sound” return of the hostages
Emmanuel Macron recalled that 17 French people are missing, some “undoubtedly” held hostage. “I am thinking of the families this evening. I want to tell them that France is doing everything it can alongside the Israeli authorities and with our partners to bring them back safely to their homes. » France “guarantees repatriation to all those who request it”, with a first chartered flight which arrived this evening in Paris. “Other flights are planned in the coming hours and days,” according to Emmanuel Macron.
Macron pleads for “a just response” from Israel
“The only response to terrorism, the only possible one, is always a strong and just response, strong because it is just,” insisted Emmanuel Macron, insisting: “Israel has the right to defend itself by eliminating terrorist groups, including Hamas, through targeted actions but while preserving civilian populations, because that is the duty of democracies. »
France “will not allow any anti-Semitic act to flourish”
Emmanuel Macron assured French people of Jewish faith: “Our first duty is to ensure their security and not to allow any anti-Semitic words or acts to flourish”, including on social networks. He also promised not to tolerate “any stigmatization” of the Muslim population. Security was reinforced in front of 582 “schools, places of worship and culture”, with 10,000 police and gendarmes mobilized, according to the head of state. Who repeats it: “The republic will be merciless with all the bearers of hatred. »
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