In the press - American "Peace Plan": "It takes two to tango"

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On the front page of the press this morning, the continued spread of the coronavirus in China, where the authorities now announce nearly 6,000 cases of contamination, and 132 deaths.

As the number of infections now exceeds that of the 2003 SARS epidemic, the government displays "confidence and its ability to win the battle" against the coronavirus, according to The China Daily , which reports that Hong Kong has decided to partially suspend links with the continent, to avoid its spread. Faced with the spread of the epidemic, the management of the health crisis by the chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, already challenged by the pro-democracy movement, however, provoked much criticism, particularly on the shortage and the cost of masks, according to The Financial Times . In the Philippines, the number of cases also continues to increase, with 24 patients likely to be carriers of the virus and The Manila Times , which shows on the front page the types of masks available to protect against the virus, announces that the government is seeing how he will be able to repatriate his nationals from China. According to the local daily Ouest France , the French government will organize tomorrow "a repatriation by direct air route" for the French in the region of Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic.

Also on the front page, reactions to the presentation yesterday by Donald Trump of his "peace plan" for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US president, quoted by The Jerusalem Post , said he proposed a "win-win" deal - a project that "gives the Hebrew state an edge," according to the Israeli daily. The Saudi Arabian newspaper hails "Trump's vision for Palestine," and a plan that he says is "a new effort toward peace." A reaction that lands the pan-Arab London newspaper Al Quds Al Araby , very upset against the Arab nations who accept to validate the American project - as evidenced by a drawing, where we see these countries sinking the Palestinian boat, drill by hand.

On the whole, this "peace plan" has received an unfavorable reception. The Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad even accuses Donad Trump of "killing peace", and of pushing the entire Middle East "towards extremism", while L'Orient Le Jour criticizes "the peace of looters", proposed by him by the American president and Benjamin Netanyahu. "In the end and unsurprisingly, the mountain gave birth to a nasty mouse," regrets the Lebanese daily. The European press is more divided. In France, Le Figaro speaks of a “unilateral peace”, quoting Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister assassinated in 1995 for having wanted to make peace, and who used to say that it was necessary “to be two to dance the tango "The audacious originality of Trump's bet stems from the fact that his plan postulates the opposite: peace can proceed from unilateral decisions imposed by the strongest to the weakest," the newspaper writes. Il Manifesto , condemns him, Donald Trump's plan: "Good night Palestine", headlines the Italian newspaper with bitterness: "Trump offers a" State "to the Palestinians, but in reality, he only offers them a puppet entity, without sovereignty ".

Also to be noted this morning, the file of the newspaper L'Equipe on sexual violence in sport - testimonies to "end the omerta". Skaters, swimmers, tennis players: the eight women who agreed to speak all said that they had been victims of violence by their coaches when they were adolescents. Stories that L'Equipe says they publish so that sports institutions can finally take stock of the problem. Before these testimonies, "there were clear alerts," recalls the newspaper, which considers that "we can no longer tolerate that Federations hide behind the conventions they have signed with associations to say that they act ". The Team also asks the Minister of Sports to do more, in particular by systematizing the control of volunteer educators.

In the United States, mentioning an alleged rape case involving Kobe Bryant, the basketball champion who died in an accident last Sunday, resulted in a suspension for a Washington Post reporter. A few hours after the death of the former star, Felicia Sonmez had tweeted an article on rape accusations brought against the basketball player in 2003. A message which earned him not only death threats, but also to be suspended by his newspaper, which said it wanted to verify that it had not violated its policy on publication on social networks. The Washington Post has finally reinstated her, her management admitting to having "crossed the line".

We do not leave it on it. It's quite funny, since this story is told to us by The Union . The French local newspaper reports that a 55-year-old Colombian has devised a strategy which is hazardous enough not to marry, since this man planned his own abduction to avoid ending up at the altar. It was by discovering the extent of the device put in place to find him, that the ex-groom finally decided to surrender to the police, to admit the hoax.

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