The left is delighted, the extreme right protests – Liberation

The consensus is far away. As at each of his declarations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Emmanuel Macron relaunched the debates by announcing Wednesday April 9, in an interview for the program C to you on France 5, that France could recognize the existence of a Palestinian State In June, during a conference with Saudi Arabia in the United Nations. If his camp and the left welcomed the words of the Head of State, the extreme right judges his position « Premature ».

On RTL, former socialist president François Hollande estimated that if this recognition « Comes in a framework that allows countries that do not recognize Israel to do so and other countries that do not recognize the Palestinian State to do so, it’s a good process ». He nevertheless recalled that it was « Purely declaratory ». « What matters is That one day, there may be a Palestinian statebut that Hamas is not there and that Gaza can be an area where the Gazaouis live, quite simply ”he developed.

« Finally. After almost two years of genocide in Gaza, France finally plans to recognize the State of Palestine ”, was delighted on the social network x the head of the deputies LFI Mathilde Panot, recalling that « 147 countries have already done so » and claiming that « This gesture, torn off with a high struggle » translated « In action ». « A year and six months after LFI, these people finally understand that the political solution is the only possible », For his part posted Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

His Modem counterpart, Marc Fesneau, described as « Good idea » the proposal of the President of the Republic, before emphasizing the principle of« A reciprocity clause ». « The parties must recognize each other: the Palestinians are entitled to a state, the Israelis are entitled to a State, the two have the right to live in security in a democratic regime »he said on TF1. He nevertheless worried that Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu plans d ‘« Evacing the idea that the Palestinians are entitled to a state, even if it means occupying the entire territory ».

Conversely, the vice-president of the national rally, Sébastien Chenu, judged on LCI all recognition « Premature ». If the far -right party is « Favorable to two states »recognizing Palestine today as a state, it would be the« Adosssing to Hamas ». « It’s sending a signal: make terrorism and we will recognize rights »he swept away, believing that the French president put « The carte before the oxen, probably for internal reasons, to send signals ».

An opinion also shared on the right, by President LR of the Senate, Gérard Larcher: « We still have hostages in the Gaza Strip, we still have Hamas attacks, we unfortunately have an extremely weak Palestinian authority »said the latter on Europe 1 Thursday morning.