Alain Gresh is the Director of Orient XXI, a journalist and expert in Middle East affairs. He is the author of 'L’Islam, la République et le monde', Fayard, 2014 among many other works.
Comment: France has a time-honoured tradition of satirical media to which Charlie Hebdo belonged. But it has come a long way from its radical French left roots, writes Alain Gresh.
The recognition of the state of Palestine will do little for Palestinians. France must go beyond the symbolic, and act directly against Israeli aggression and occupation.
