Alexandre Devecchio: “The expulsion of Rima Hassan or Israel’s lesson to France”

A quick tour and then she's gone. She had barely landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv when Rima Hassan was sent back to Brussels. " Israel will not grant any legitimacy to those who seek to harm it," justified the Minister of the Diaspora and the Fight against Anti-Semitism. At the same time, France noted its powerlessness to decide who can or cannot remain on its territory. The author of the Mulhouse attack , an Algerian in an irregular situation, listed as S for apology for terrorism, should never have been in our country. The French authorities had made ten requests for consular passes to send him back to Algeria. In vain...

The tragic telescoping between these two current events bears witness to the extent of our decline. But also to the lessons that France and many European countries could learn from a Hebrew state, which, although criticized, has much to teach us. Israel, despite the threats weighing on its existence, has managed to preserve its sovereignty…