Historic handshake at the signing of the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993: encouraged by Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat extends his hand to Yitzhak Rabin, who takes it after a brief hesitation (Wikipedia)

Historic handshake at the signing of the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993: encouraged by Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat extends his hand to Yitzhak Rabin, who takes it after a brief hesitation (Wikipedia)

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict imported into France

While the world is witnessing a new escalation in this endless conflict between Israelis and Palestinians which, since 1948, is a problem of territory and law since there are clear but unfulfilled UN resolutions, pro-Palestinian associations are organizing rallies this Saturday throughout France.

Visit of Army General François Lecointre, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces (CEMA), to the Ecole Polytechnique for the 2017 DGA Forum (Jérémy Barande / Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Visit of Army General François Lecointre, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces (CEMA), to the Ecole Polytechnique for the 2017 DGA Forum (Jérémy Barande / Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay / CC BY-SA 2.0) Jérémy Barande / Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay / CC BY-SA 2.0

58% of the French support the military authors of an open letter

While the Army Chief of Staff, General Lecointre, announced sanctions against the 18 active military personnel who signed an article published by Valeurs Actuelles, a Harris Interactive poll for LCI revealed that a majority of French people support the authors of this open letter.