Nearly 310,000 people, Lebanese and Syrians, fled Israeli bombings to Syria, a country devastated by war and economic crisis.
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By Béatrice DelvauxPublished on 11/10/2024 at 00:01
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IOne day we will have to write the history of diplomatic action in this post-October 7 crisis to identify the duplicity, the posture, the gesticulation while civilians suffer. It will not be glorious for anyone. » The analyst Pierre Haski has harsh and, unfortunately, very accurate words to express the shame in noting the petty calculations and cowardice which today prevent the great powers and the countries concerned by the conflict in the Middle East from finding a solution. end this war, or at the very least agree on a ceasefire. Today it is the faces of children, mothers, haggard Lebanese and Syrian old people, fleeing or sleeping in the streets, having lost everything, which should push us to take action, and quickly. Unfortunately, we have known for months that these atrocious images no longer have any mobilizing or guilt-inducing capacity for the great powers. Just look at the endless horrors of Gaza.
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