French MP Meyer Habib responded on Tuesday to his country's decision to impose sanctions on residents of Judea and Samaria.
"As a member of the French parliament who was elected four times with an overwhelming majority, among other things by French citizens living in Israel, and as their representative - I regret the decision. The timing is not good. Israel is at war following the most brutal terrorist attack in the country's history with an atrocity we have not seen since the Holocaust."
"I am of course against all violence. But there are very few cases of violence on the part of the settlers and certainly not acts of murder. In any case, if and when this happens, I trust the Israeli authorities to bring those responsible to justice. On the other hand, it is impossible to ignore the very serious incitement and terrorism on the part of the Palestinians against the Jews, with dozens of terrorist attacks that have claimed the lives of dozens of Israelis in just the last year in Judea and Samaria. They are trying to create an immoral equation between terrorists and settlers," Habib said.