Recognition of Palestine by France: the left is delighted with caution, the extreme right delights in indecency

Emmanuel Macron, announced it by surprise, on the evening of Thursday July 24: France will recognize Palestine. After having rejected the deadline for the first time following the bombings of the Iranian territory by Israel, the President of the Republic affirms that the official announcement will be made at the General Assembly of the United Nations, next September.

As of July 25, the Israeli army-supported by the United States and by large industrial groups, legitimized by the apathy of the European Union-killed 59,587 Palestinians within the framework of its genocidal enterprise, according to estimates by the Ministry of Health in Gaza. The Palestinian enclave is ravaged by the bombs, plagued by mass famine and the West Bank disappears as Israeli colonization spreads.

“The moral victory is there”

If Emmanuel Macron’s decision has been praised by many voices from the French left and center-left, the latter have-for several of them-pointed to irresponsible late. “2 times that the President of the Republic announces that he wants to recognize the state of Palestine”notes the national secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), Fabien Roussel, who intimate to the President of the Republic to pass “Acts to save the Palestinian people”. It is thus clear for the latter that “Peace can no longer wait” and requires “Sanction Netanyahu and his government”.

“Why in September and not now?” “, Also questions the founder of rebellious France (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “The moral victory is there but we know the technique of deferred ads of Macronhe adds in his reaction published on X. For months, this type of behavior has encouraged the duration of the crime in Gaza. »» “Recognition of Palestine is not a favor, it is a dutyenjoins the European deputy, Franco-Palestinian, Rima Hassan. And France is lagging behind on this subject as a reminder, 148 states already confer Palestine around the world. »»

The Palestine ambassador to France, Hala-Abou Hassira, “Helves the decision of President Emmanuel Macron”believing that “We live a decisive moment, a turning point against indifference, a turning point against the annihilation of a people, our people, the Palestinian people”.

Marine Tondelier, the national secretary of Ecologise-les Verts (EELV) European, continues by recalling that he “It is now necessary to implement all the means to put an end to the genocide and the famine that reigns in Gaza, as well as the ethnic cleaning in progress in the West Bank”.

The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, requests that the recognition of the state of Palestine be “Coming with sanctions as long as the genocide in progress lasts: humanitarian aid must be able to be freely transported. The press must be able to work in security. Sales of arms must be prohibited “. To the right of the political chessboard, the former Prime Minister and tenant of the Quai d’Orsay, Dominique de Villepin, believes that the announcement of Emmanuel Macron “Honor our universal values, but it forces us to act immediately”.

The extreme right aligns with Tel Aviv and Washington

The next recognition of the state of Palestine has nevertheless been attacked by the French extreme right, including the inscription in the rhetoric of a supposed decision “Precipitate” Demonstrates his alignment behind the genocidal regime led by Benyamin Netanyahu, as behind the Trump administration. The Israeli Prime Minister notably considered that France “Terror rewards” and the White House, through the voice of the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, rejects “Firmly” Emmanuel Macron’s announcement, evoking a decision “Reckless” who would make peace go back.

It is therefore hardly surprising to see the leaders of the French far right condemn the recognition of a “Hamas state and therefore (from one) Terrorist state “according to the terms of the standard bearer-sentenced to an inengibility sentence-of the National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen. “In this gesture, there is no loyalty to the history of France, quite the contrary, and even less a guarantee of peace for Israelshe believes. If hope has always brought us to a solution to two states, this decision legitimizes the massacrers of October 7 and their procession of suffering, even though hostages are still detained. »»

Same reaction for the president of the RN, Jordan Bardella, for whom “The recognition of a Palestinian state by Emmanuel Macron in a few days will grant Hamas, Islamist terrorist movement, an unexpected institutional and international legitimacy”. The European deputy adds that the decision of the President of the Republic is, according to him, “Precipitate”. A position that the President of the Union of Laws for the Republic (UDR), Éric Ciotti takes up, takes up.

The latter sees it as well “A precipitated decision, made for pure electoral and indecent reasons after the massacres of October 7”. Positions aligned on Tel Aviv and Washington, the only objective of which is to extend the massacres for imperialist purposes. Namely: obliging civilians Gazaouis and West Bank who have survived to abandon their ravaged lands, and thus sign the death warrant for a future Palestinian state.