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CHRONIC. Netanyahu’s return is an opportunity to take stock of a subject that arouses such opposing passions that any serene dialogue becomes almost impossible.
Through Gerard Araud
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L’enthronement in Jerusalem of a new government which brings together the right and the extreme right gives me the opportunity to return to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I have devoted many years to this subject during my diplomatic career, which has taken me, in particular, twice to our embassy in Tel Aviv, the second time as ambassador, but I have so far avoided dealing with it here because it arouses such inflamed passions and opposes narratives so opposed that any serene dialogue becomes almost impossible.
I remind you that the mission of the diplomat is not to hand out brownie points, to say who is wrong or who is right, but to find a way to peace if there is one on the basis of the facts, it is i.e. requests from the two a…
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