France must stand by Israel not only now, right after the murderous attack by Hamas, but also in the coming days, when a ground operation starts, as an international communication battle is surely set to be launched against Israel, former French prime minister Manuel Valls told The Jerusalem Post this week.

France and the whole free world should feel they are under attack, he said.

Valls served as interior minister when the deadly terrorist attack against the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse was carried out and as prime minister when the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, Hyper-Cacher, and the Bataclan concert hall were perpetrated.