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France has a foreign policy that defends Palestine. Photo/Reuters
GAZA – Less than three months ago, the French government called for an ISIS-like alliance against Hamas. Now, France says that Israel has no right to determine Gaza’s future. What causes it?
Something happened between France’s initial statement on October 24 which showed total support for Israel, and the final statement by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna which criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza.
The first impression is that more than three months of relentless Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip was enough for France to develop a moral position, thereby demanding a ceasefire.
Why is France helping Gaza even though it is a US ally?
1. Economic and Geopolitical Interests
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According to the Palestine Chronicle, morality is hardly an issue in French foreign policy, which is based exclusively on economic interests, regional alliances and geopolitical calculations.
France strongly supported Israel’s war as soon as it was launched. This support continued unimpeded even after it became clear that Israel’s war largely targeted innocent civilians.
On October 24, Macron visited Israel, telling his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Israel and vowing to “fully support” France over Tel Aviv’s bombing of the Gaza Strip.
He even went so far as to suggest the need for an international alliance against Hamas, similar to the international alliance formed against ISIS in 2014.
“France is ready for the coalition fighting in Iraq and Syria against ISIS, and also fighting against Hamas,” Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This means that, in contrast to the US, which aims to reduce regional tensions, Macron actually wants to do the opposite, namely regional escalation, in the hope of compensating for France’s geopolitical losses in West Africa and the Sahel region, by appearing as a global leader. .
What’s worse, Macron agrees with Israel’s outlandish statements, such as Netanyahu’s statement that ‘Hamas is ISIS’.