Ex-French PM calls on West to ‘isolate’ Israel, confront its ‘arrogance’ – Middle East Monitor

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin called on Tuesday on Western powers to “isolate Israel economically and strategically” to confront its arrogance and prevent “ethnic cleansing” in the Gaza Strip.

“We are facing an Israeli plan … After the reoccupation of Gaza, the second step will be deportation. The political objective of [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu and his government is the deportation of the population of Gaza,…