(JNS) After a group of far-left members of France’s National Assembly put forward a measure labeling Israel an “apartheid state,” the lower house of Parliament rejected it by a margin of 199 to 71.
“We can only reject the use of the term apartheid to describe the situation in Israel,” Laurence Boone, French secretary of state for European affairs, tweeted. “This term carries a heavy load, attached to terrible suffering and bruised memories.”
“We commend France’s National Assembly for voting overwhelmingly to reject a resolution that would have falsely applied the ‘apartheid’ label to Israel,” wrote the American Jewish Committee. “France remains a close friend and vital partner of the Jewish state, a pillar of the Israel-Europe relationship.”
We commend France’s @AssembleeNat for voting overwhelmingly to reject a resolution that would have falsely applied the “apartheid” label to Israel.
France remains a close friend and vital partner of the Jewish state, a pillar of the Israel-Europe relationship. 🇫🇷🇮🇱🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/JBdIHNZKhm
— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) May 4, 2023
And the European Jewish Congress expressed “deepest gratitude” to the assembly members, “who voted against the false and damaging label of apartheid being attached to Israel and had the courage to denounce its anti-Zionist nature,” and added, “Today, France sent a powerful message of solidarity with Israel and in favor of fairness.”
Arguing for the resolution, Jean-Paul Lecoq, of the Communist Party, said that “the settlement policy is contrary to international legality” and “legally comes under a situation of apartheid.” He called the Israeli government “an institutionalized regime” that is “aimed at the oppression of one group over another,” and called for France to recognize “the state of Palestine.”
Jérôme Guedj, of the Socialist Party, rejected Lecoq’s invocation of “apartheid,” calling it an effort to “racialize and essentialize” the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Aurore Bergé, president of the Renaissance party, called the measure “defamation,” declaring, “France is the friend of Israel.”
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I think you’ll find that once a parliament begins debating an issue they keep coming back to it until they get what they want. The degenerative fallen nature of mankind always goes away from God not to him. Such will be the contrast that these legislatures would eventually accuse Israel of being a godly State when all the world wants immorality. This happened in the days of Noah and Lot, and is prophesied to happen again. (Luke 17:26-28) These characters wouldn’t wait for Moses to return but demanded a golden calf. (Ex 32) The church wouldn’t wait for Christ to return so set up State churches in his place.