POLI 347 Chapter Notes - Chapter PC WOOD: Operation Opera, The Dilemma
19 Dec 2018
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Introduction: france sees the conflict as a threat to its political and economic interest in the region. means of supporting france in the region, french pres. Mitterrand"s strategy: strike a balance by strengthening france"s relationship with the usa and israel. Criticized estaing for his leadership in the venice declaration (vd) establishing a closer relationship with arafat. Moderate palestinians were the key to successful peace negotiations. Championing their cause may provide france with a gateway to be more actively involved in the conflict. Arabs disapproved this course of action as it felt it was legitimizing camp david. Israel was determined that participation in such activity would be solely based on. Camp david and not any european framework: mitterrand supported a us effort to create a multi-national force to oversee the, march 1982: mitterrand visited israel and gave an emotional speech at the knesset advocating for the palestinian cause.
