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[–] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Interesting how France suddenly switched to a much more normal and acceptable stance on Palestine (including the statements in Egypt against a proposed ethnic cleansing), wonder what the catalyst was.

Also curious if Germany manages to keep their „saying Palestinians are humans equals antisemitism“ thing going, with even France moving closer to Spain, Ireland and Swedens standpoint. But I have little hope with Merz.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Maybe he wants to court the left block because of the three part hung parliament they're in right now so he can get more defense spending and Ukraine support passed since the u.s. is backing off Europe.

    Maybe he's trying to fill in the power vacuum in the middle east after the u.s. lost all its soft power supporting this war.

    Maybe he's tired of the houthis attacking shipping and hoping to get a French pass if they recognize palestine.

    Maybe he's just a good guy and is just disgusted by genocide.

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