Unlike much of the left, former socialist prime minister Manuel Valls hailed the government's decision to ban pro-Palestine protests in Paris.
"It is a serious but justified decision"
, he judged Friday, May 14 on LCI.
The day before, Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, explained his decision on Twitter by recalling the
"serious disturbances to public order" which "were observed in 2014"
, while a new Israeli-Palestinian conflict was in progress. Classes.
"It would have been a 'pro-Hamas' demonstration once again"
At the time, Manuel Valls was in Matignon.
The former prime minister recalls that there had been
"in the streets of Paris, for the first time since the Liberation, cries of 'Death to the Jews'"
.
"We are talking about support for the Palestinians, but as in 2014, it would have been once again a 'pro-Hamas' demonstration"
, assured Manuel Valls, denouncing this
"powerfully armed terrorist organization".
The ex-candidate for municipal elections in Barcelona took the opportunity to pin down
"a part of the left or the extreme left"
which
"takes the pretext of this conflict to justify anti-Semitism"
.
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Faced with the stagnation of the conflict, Manuel Valls believes that
"it is always necessary to hope for a solution, which will pass",
according to him,
"by two
States"
.
"It becomes unrealistic but it is nevertheless the only solution, awaited by the international community, by the two parties"
, he certified.
The former prime minister especially warned against exporting the conflict to France,
"as it has been going on for 20 years"
.
"I saw him myself as mayor of Évry in our neighborhoods, on our territory,"
he stressed.