Historian Jean-Pierre Filiu: Europe's absence from Gaza is a moral failure
In a new essay, the former French diplomat and historian describes the abandonment of the Palestinian enclave as a scandal of conscience, and asks why Europe in particular has gone missing.
Jean-Pierre Filiu, a historian and former French diplomat, argues in his essay "L'Étrange Aveuglement" that the international community's handling of Gaza amounts to what he calls an effarant moral disaster, according to Télérama.
In an interview with the magazine, Filiu says he looked for a European presence in Gaza and found none. "L'Europe n'existe pas à Gaza, je ne l'y ai vue nulle part," he is quoted as saying.
The essay, per Télérama's summary, examines what the historian describes as the culpable renunciations of the international community, with particular attention to Europe's role, or lack of one, in the crisis.
No publisher, length or release date for the book is given in the available material.
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