In a radio interview with France Inter <https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/etcetera/etcetera-du-samedi-05-octobre-2024-1666841?at_campaign=Twitter&at_medium=Social_media> on Saturday, French president Emmanuel Macron called for an arms embargo against Israel over its ongoing attacks on Gaza and now Lebanon.
BFMTV <https://fr.news.yahoo.com/ne-lutte-contre-terroristes-sacrifiant-130350985.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAM6_kmAoT82WUyHYD5RpFr4Szs8mKzxPRpU2-v3jcaBxH6L0CaxWJrZ5wE5NyQjTC2qAcESnNYNQlLYkGB0Z9NLy0__s8RCNl7HHB6GVYE5ZqqHkl4tVgUYg9x761WE3cnD33gOhAc0OtlGvE5YdYl1eQiU808FgMKogSov5mtxs>reported that he said, “I think that today the priority is to return to a political solution, and that we must halt the delivery of arms for pursuing combat against Gaza. France will not deliver them.” He clarified that France would continue to export defensive materiel, such as parts for the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile defense system. The station notes that President Joe Biden has often called for the avoidance of civilian casualties but has steadfastly declined to use his leverage with Israel, given its dependence on US weaponry and ammunition, to pressure it. In Britain, the Labour government of PM Keir Starmer has halted 10 out of 350 weapons licenses on the grounds that those ten weapons would likely be used by Israel against civilians. Macron is the first leader of a major European country to argue for an embargo of offensive weapons to Israel in response to its total war on Gaza. https://www.juancole.com/2024/10/asserts-against-netanyahu.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32740): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32740 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108850410/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
