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France qualifies for the first time, the violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, of “terrorism” act, in a press release published Tuesday by the Quai d’Orsay.
Having his “sadness” after “the murder of Odeh Hathalin, collaborator of Yuval Abraham winner of the Anna Politkovskaïa Prize-Arman Soldin of journalistic courage and representative of the village of Umm El-Kheir in the Valley of Massave Yatta”, France “condemns this murder with the greatest firmness as well as all the deliberate violence perpetrated by The Palestinian population who multiplies through the West Bank, especially in Kafr Malik and in the Christian village of Taybeh in recent weeks ”.
“These violence are acts of terrorism. The colonists have left more than 30 dead since the beginning of 2022. The Israeli authorities must take responsibility and immediately sanction the authors of these violence, who continue with impunity, and protect Palestinian civilians “continues the Quai d’Orsay which” reiterates its total condemnation of colonization, contrary to international law, as the International Court of Justice July 2024 ”.
And to continue: “She adopted sanctions, as a national basis and within the framework of three European packages, against settlers who were guilty of violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank”.
“It will continue to support the adoption of new measures within the European Union is ready to take additional measures as a national basis, including against members of the government who support this violence if they were to continue,” concludes the press release from French diplomacy.
These statements come then that on Monday already, since the United Nations Conference for the implementation of a solution to two states, the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, had renewed his strict condemnation of the colonization of the West Bank and the massacre of the Palestinian populations of Gaza.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has been leading a devastating war in the Gaza Strip, killing more than 60,000 dead, destroying almost all infrastructure and using famine as a weapon of war, with a blockade preventing the entry of food, medicines and energy.
Last November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.
Israel is also the subject of a complaint for genocide before the International Court of Justice (CIJ) in connection with his war against the enclave.
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