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What remains of the Oslo Accords?
», asks the city of Lyon.
As the world prepares to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords between Israel and Palestine on September 13, the Lyon municipality has announced the organization on February 1 of a round table on the situation in the Palestinian territories.
A conference entitled
Regards sur la Palestine
which will bring together Abaher El Sakka, sociologist and associate professor at the Palestinian University of Beir zeit, Jean-Claude Samouiller, president of Amnesty International France, Benoît Van Keirsbilck, member of the Human Rights Committee child of the United Nations as well as Salah Hamouri, Franco-Palestinian lawyer.
Very quickly, the event was openly criticized by Lyonnais lawyer Alain Jakubowicz.
“
Not content with disfiguring our city, the mayor elected by the abstentionism of the Lyonnais undertakes to smear it by rewriting the history of the Oslo agreements.
It is true that it is easier with a single party, it avoids being contradicted
, ”wrote on Twitter the former president of Licra.
What justifies not inviting Israelis or Americans?
Alain Jakubowicz
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the latter explains "
not understanding how one can speak of the Oslo Accords, a major moment of the 20th century and bearers of many disappointed hopes, carried by outstanding Palestinian, Israeli and American personalities, by inviting only one part today
.
And to ask: “
What justifies not inviting Israelis or Americans?
".
The former deputy of Michel Noir sees in it “
a provocation on the part of a certain movement of the Greens who are active in militancy on the subject.
It's their right, but when you're mayor of Lyon, you have to have a different perspective
.
Divisions
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region also denounced the organization of this round table and the invitation of lawyer Salah Hamouri.
"
A man convicted by the Israeli courts, suspected of having wanted to assassinate a rabbi and accused of being close to the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
", writes the community in a press release.
And to continue: “
The thirty years of the Oslo agreements should be a moment of gathering organized in a common approach.
This celebration must not contribute to reinforcing divisions
”.
The city “aligned with the French diplomatic position”
For its part, the city of Lyon explains that this meeting is perfectly “
aligned with the French diplomatic position
” in accordance
with “the foreign policy defended by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
".
With regard to the lawyer Salah Hamouri, the city ensures that this same ministry condemned on December 18, 2022 the decision to expel him by the State of Israel, considering it contrary to law.
Aged 37, this Franco-Palestinian was sentenced in March 2022 to three months of administrative detention, without formal charges, the country suspecting that he has links - which he disputes - with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an organization classified as terrorist by Israel and the European Union.
The UN had for its part judged that this expulsion constituted a "war crime".
The Lyonnaise municipality has also assured that “
anxious to maintain and maintain this permanent dialogue and this listening on both sides, a delegation from the City of Lyon will travel to Israel in the coming months.
»
