‘We won’t allow it’: French-Israeli peace activist warns against renewed fighting in Gaza

Hours after returning from a Gaza peace summit in Egypt alongside President Emmanuel Macron, French-Israeli activist Ofer Bronchtein told FRANCE 24 that negotiations must continue following a historic hostage and prisoner swap. Bronchtein, co-founder and president of the International Forum for Peace, warned, “I really hope nobody is going to look for an excuse […] to go back into fighting.” He was instrumental in pressing Macron to recognise a Palestinian state at September’s UN General Assembly, stressing that “there is no other solution” than mutual recognition of each side’s right to exist.