Israeli writer David Grossman describes the situation in the Gaza Strip as “genocide” as “genocide”
The famous Israeli writer David Grossman described as “Genocide”, after “Refused for years to use this term”, the way his country waged war in the Gaza Strip, claiming to have “The broken heart”in an interview with The Republic and published on Friday. “” But now I can’t help but use it, after what I read in the newspapers, after the images I saw and after talking with people who were there. »»
“I mean as a person who has done everything he could so as not to be able to qualify Israel as a genocidal state”he assures. “Put together the words” Israel “and” famine “, do it starting from our history, from our supposed sensitivity to the sufferings of humanity, of the moral responsibility that we have always said to have towards each human being and not only towards the Jews … all that is devastating”poursuit M. Grossman.
Going against the Israeli government, Mr. Grossman claims to remain “Desperately faithful” to the idea of two states, Palestine and Israel, “Mainly because I don’t see any alternative”welcoming Emmanuel Macron’s desire in this context to recognize the Palestinian state in September. “I think it’s a good idea and I don’t understand the hysteria with which it was welcomed in Israelhe said. It is clear that it will be necessary to have specific conditions: no weapons. And the guarantee of transparent elections from which anyone will be excluded from using violence against Israel ”concluded the writer.
