An Obscure Island off the Coast of Africa Highlights France’s Hypocrisy over Jerusalem
The case of Mayotte.
May 29, 2018
An Obscure Island off the Coast of Africa Highlights France’s Hypocrisy over Jerusalem
The case of Mayotte.
Along with several other European countries, France has strongly opposed America’s decision to relocate its embassy to Israel’s capital. To support its position, Paris has claimed, on the basis of various UN resolutions, that international law militates against recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. These legal claims, writes Michel Gurfinkiel, are muddled—at best:
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