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Israel-Palestine: France seeks a successor to Mahmoud Abbas

2023-02-12T16:34:09.997Z


DECRYPTION – The Elysée has asked for names to consider the succession of the head of the Palestinian Authority, 87 years old.


Concerned by the persistent impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian file, Emmanuel Macron would like to change some of his "

parameters

".

In the crosshairs of the Head of State, who has just received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a new outbreak of deadly violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem: the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, 87, who clings to his power, postponing any new legislative elections for fear that his party will lose them

.

According to a source in his entourage, Emmanuel Macron claimed that the "

five former and current consul generals of France in Jerusalem

(in charge of relations with the Palestinians, editor's note),

the five former and the current French ambassador to Tel Aviv

(Israeli side),

and the five former and current bosses of

the DGSE

(the external intelligence services),

establish, each on their side, a list of two names of Palestinians of the future

, who could succeed Mahmoud Abbas.

Read alsoThe keys to understanding a rebellious but divided Palestine

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Source: lefigaro

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