French President Emmanuel Macron flies to Israel on Tuesday at a delicate juncture of its conflict with Hamas, coming with proposals and pushing for a humanitarian truce despite a looming ground offensive into Gaza.
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video-conference with the families of French hostages by the Hamas militants who had entered Israel from the Gaza Strip, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 20, 2023.
However, although he has worked the phones and spoken to the leaders of Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Qatar since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants, his visit comes late, days after his American, British, German and Italian counterparts. "We're under the impression that nothing distinguishes France from other Western countries now, which wasn't historically the case, and is shocking to public opinion in the Arab world," he said.on pro-Palestinian protests in France, before it was struck down by courts, is one of the reasons why Macron has lost credit in the Arab world, he said.
But Macron is also constrained by an explosive situation at home and the fact a number of French nationals are likely held hostage by Hamas.
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