Alain Gresh: ‘Macron’s party has a strong anti-Palestinian position’

Alain Gresh says France has increasingly cracked down on pro-Palestine activists and should instead focus on helping to create a political solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict [Courtesy: Alain Gresh]

Paris, France – After the Palestinian group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to join his European counterparts in condemning the violence.

He expressed Paris’s full support for Israel’s right to defend itself as the Eiffel Tower was lit up in the colours of the Israeli flag.