Faced with these statements, the French president received strong criticism. The largest Jewish community in Europe lives in the country.
Faced with these statements, Macron received strong criticism from both his citizens and his own party.
Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “must not forget that his country was created by a UN decision.”
On Tuesday, Macron called on Netanyahu to abide by the decisions of the United Nations and assured, in a meeting of his cabinet, that the Israeli leader “You must not forget that your country was created by a UN decision.” The center-right president was referring to Partition Plan of Palestine between a Jewish and an Arab Stateapproved in November 1947 by the United Nations General Assembly. But His words were criticized in France, even by members of his party.
Deputy Caroline Yadan, elected by French residents in Israel and other countries, denounced a statement on the social network “unworthy”. “Questioning the existence of Israel affects, in my opinion, fundamental issues,” denounced on Europe 1 radio the president of the Senate, the conservative Gérard Larcher, whose party governs with Macron’s alliance. Larcher, the third political personality of the State, criticized “the ignorance of the history of the birth of Israel” and went even further, asking Macron if he knew “what happened” during the Holocaust. “To imply that the creation of the State of Israel is the result of a political decision by the UN is ignore the centuries-old history of Zionism”wrote in X Yonathan Arfi, of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF).
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The government spokesperson Maud Bregeon tried to contextualize on Thursday on Sud Radio the statements attributed to Macron, who wanted to remember the “need” for all countries to “respect[en] international rules”including Israel.
This controversy adds to the tensions of recent times between Netanyahu and Macron, who last week He advocated stopping the export of weapons used by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon to end those conflicts.
The conflict in the Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians often has an impact on Francewhere lives largest Jewish community in Europe. The French authorities denounced a increase in anti-Semitic acts since October 7, 2023after the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil that triggered the current war in Gaza.
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