2023-10-23 19:00:16
France is calling for a “humanitarian truce” to allow the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip, which “could lead to a ceasefire,” Élisabeth Borne declared Monday before the National Assembly. “The opening at the Rafah crossing point is still very limited. We call for the Rafah gate to be opened to allow new passages of aid, the Prime Minister declared to the deputies.
“The distribution of aid requires a humanitarian truce which could lead to a ceasefire,” added Élisabeth Borne. In front of a sparse hemicycle, the French Prime Minister also called on Israel to “not fall into the trap of Hamas” and to provide a “just response” to “terrorism” after the October 7 attacks.
“Even in the hardest, most bitter battles, we must never lose sight of what makes us democracies: our values, respect for the rule of law, such as international humanitarian law,” warned Ms. Thick headed. In her speech, the head of government also wanted to recall the historical relations between France and the Palestinians. “She is a friend of Israel, a friend of the Palestinians and she is a friend of the Arab countries in the region. It’s an independent position that we have always taken,” she said.
“We must show no ambiguity in the face of such crimes”
Élisabeth Borne also considered that “to minimize, justify or even absolve terrorism is to accept that it will strike again tomorrow, in Israel, in France or anywhere else”. “We must show no ambiguity in the face of such crimes,” she said, while La France insoumise (LFI), the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is strongly criticized for not having qualified Hamas as a “terrorist”.
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne affirmed on Monday her “support and that of (her) government” for the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet, after the “vile accusations” of the LFI leader against her. On Sunday, the rebellious leader accused Ms. Braun-Pivet of “encouraging the massacre” in Gaza by going to Israel.
VIDEO. Blasted for her visit to Israel, Braun-Pivet accuses Mélenchon of putting “a new target on her back”
After the Prime Minister, the president of the Insoumis group Mathilde Panot urged France to “use all its weight to allow the adoption of a resolution demanding a ceasefire to stop this deadly escalation”.
“France, once the voice of peace throughout the world, has in your hands become an aligned state. Aligned with the United States and the Israeli government, go to war on the far right,” Ms. Panot also launched in an electric atmosphere.
The different political groups and the presidents of the Foreign Affairs and European Affairs committees must also speak in the hemicycle, before the debates are closed, without a vote, by the government.
Emmanuel Macron will travel to Tel Aviv on Tuesday to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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