Three weeks after the outbreak of the Israeli war against Gaza, former French Prime

 Minister Dominique de Villepin gave an interview to the private BFM news channel during

 which he presented his analysis of what is happening with regard to the ongoing war in Gaza

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Edited by| Christian Megan

 

Politic section -  CJ journalist

 

Paris - October,28,2023

 

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And the profound changes that the region witnessed before these recent events and

 considered that what happened in Israel in

 October was a trap set by Hamas due to the atrocities committed on that date, saying

"Hamas has set a trap for us ... a trap of terror in the most terrible form and absolute

 cruelty, which leads to an escalation of the danger of militarism ... more military

 intervention, as if it were possible for the armies, to solve a serious problem like the

 Palestinian issue .

The second fundamental trap, the trap of Westernism, is the diminishing of our vision ... us

 and Israel ... to the Western vision that is rejected by the majority of the international

 community today.

Westernism is the idea that the West, which has managed the affairs of the world for five

centuries, will be able to continue to do so without change, a trend that we clearly see,

including in the discussions of the French political class, which believes that we must

 confront what is currently happening in the Middle East, by continuing to fight more

 intensely, until we are heading towards

Especially since there is a third trap, which is morality, and here, we see irrefutable evidence

 through what is happening in Ukraine and what is happening in the Middle East of these

 double standards that are being denounced all over the world.

During my recent trips to Africa, in the Middle East or Latin America, I always face the same

 criticism, they tell me (look at the way the civilian population of Gaza is treated, you

condemn what happened in Ukraine, but you are silent in the face of the tragedy taking

 place in Gaza ... Do you agree with that?)) I believe that we should be aware of the need to

 evaluate every situation.

But we take international law, which is the second criticism that the global south is directing

at us, we punish Russia when it attacks Ukraine, we punish Russia when it does not respect

UN resolutions, but for 70 years UN resolutions have been voted on, in vain, and Israel has

 not respected them."

"The West must open its eyes to the scale of the historical tragedy that is taking place in

 front of us in order to reach the necessary solutions"

"There is a tragedy October and the spiral to which it can lead us if we do not provide the appropriate answers ... there are atrocities that have been committed and are being

 committed but the way to respond is vital ... so do we choose the wrong answers and kill

 the future?""

"When we see the trap in front of us, we must realize that the situation behind this trap has

 changed in the Middle East, and it has become completely different with regard to the

 Palestinian issue ... which was a political and secular issue, while today we are facing an

 Islamic issue led by Hamas and, therefore, an absolute issue that does not allow any form of

 negotiation.

On the Israeli side, we have seen a change or development in Zionism, which was secular

 and political when it was put forward by Theodor Herzl at the end of the nineteenth

 century, and today it has become largely biblical messianism, which means that on this side, too, they do not want to compromise.

It is clear that everything that the far-right Israeli government is offering has been limited to

 encouraging settlements ... and this does not help any progress, including what it has been

 doing since October 7.

"We must realize that in this region we are already facing a problem that seems to be

 largely unsolvable, add to this the hardening of countries at the diplomatic level, which is

currently happening, look at the statements of the king of Jordan, which are very different

 from his statements six months ago, and let's look at Erdogan's statements in Turkey

 specifically."

"We must pay attention and worry because the Palestinian issue, which has not been put on

 the table and has not been highlighted to the extent that most young people today in

 Europe have not heard of it before, remains for the Arab peoples the mother of battles."