Latest update : 2014-07-03

Middle East: Unstoppable Spiral? (part 2)

It's being treated as a suspected revenge killing. A Palestinian boy has been abducted in east Jerusalem and murdered. This comes just hours after the funeral of three Jewish teenagers abducted nearly three weeks ago in the West Bank, their murder blamed by Israel on Hamas. Similar impasses in the past have been followed by full-scale uprisings. What is the appetite like for a peace deal?

By François PICARD

Our guests

Paul HIRSCHSON

Spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry

Dr. Hussam ZOMLOT

Director of International Affairs Commission in Palestine and member of Fatah

Richard WAGMAN

President with the French Jewish Peace Union (UJFP)

Annette Young

France 24 International Affairs Editor

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This Franco-American was RFI’s West Africa bureau chief in Abidjan from 1995 to 1998. He plays it straight on all issues, excepting his beloved Bleus in rugby and ice hockey’s New York Rangers!

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A bilingual law graduate, he joined France 24 in 2006. After several years reporting on major international stories, he now presents the news and The Debate on both the French and English channels.

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