France’s stance on Israeli-Palestinan conflict ‘changed fundamentally’, specialist says
By France24
19 November 2023 |
5:03 pm
Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel ignited a debate on whether the Palestinian militant group should be called a "terrorist organisation". While the US, the EU and several other Western nations use the descriptor, the UN along with most of the international community do not.
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