[WatchungEagle]

Huh? He is taking the pro-Israel position here. Macron is the candidate the Israel lobby in France backed during the last election.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Sorry. Pre-coffee burp. I read “Jerusalem” instead of “Palestine” because of my preconceived biases.

[GoldenState_Rose]

Macron is an economically moderate liberal with some room for maneuver. What matters is: he treats our president with respect, loves French culture, Europe, and for whatever excesses there are of the "Israel lobby" --> Macron is historically astute enough to recognize that much of the cultural devastation ravaging Western Civilization can be traced to lingering demons left in the wake of the catastrophic Holocaust and Wars from which Europe has yet to heal.

And now virulent strains of anti-Semitism is shared by both Jihadists and Nazi-sympathizing-fascists-at-heart.

Macron so beautifully acknowledged the need for the French to acknowledge their reluctance in confronting complictness in the crimes of the Nazis, and how it has held France back for much of the past century.

By acknowledging its faults, France has opened the way to repairing them. That is to its honor. That is the sign of a strong nation that can face its past. That is the courage of a people not afraid to examine its conscience and reach out to the victims and their children. Reaching out and reforming ties does not mean humiliating ourselves through some sort of repentance. It is standing tall and being strong.

- Emmanuel Macron

https://franceintheus.org/spip.php?article8233