Former French PM: ‘West will have to pay for Gaza silence’

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin gave an impassioned interview to French radio about the 'scandal' of the war in Gaza, which he says has been forgotten about in France. De Villepan says Gaza is a war like no other because of its high civilian death toll, and says France and Europe have the military and economic levers to pressure Israel but they choose not to. Commentators in France are remarking about how rare it is for someone with the profile of de Villepin - a right-wing politician who served as prime minister, foreign minister and interior minister under Jacques Chiraq's government - to criticise Israel so openly and tell the truth about the war in Gaza.