Jean-Noël Barrot will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, he announced this morning on France 2. “France has a vocation to carry messages and that is why I will go tomorrow evening to Israel and the Palestinian territories to meet the authorities, humanitarian actors, to carry the voice of France in this region where the war has It's already gone on way too long.”declared the head of French diplomacy.
In addition to the ceasefire, the head of French diplomacy wants to insist on “respect for international law”. “Violations of international humanitarian law are unacceptable and must stop”he stressed, while Israel is accused of numerous violations of humanitarian law in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Mr. Barrot had already visited Israel on the occasion of the first anniversary of October 7. “The dialogue has never been broken”he insisted.
