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“No to war, yes to peace and security for all,” said the French president in the face of the new military actions of Israel planned in the Gaza Strip.
International – The diplomatic tea towel continues to burn between Paris and Tel Aviv. After the letter sent by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Emmanuel Macron and the latter’s response, relations between the two countries continue to weaken.
In question? “” The military offensive on Gaza that Israel is preparing », Once again denounced by the French president in a message on X this Wednesday, August 20. Emmanuel Macron also writes that after a new appeal with the king of Jordan Abdallah II and then with the Egyptian president Sissi, the three men share ” the same conviction ». That that this new armed offensive on Gaza ” can only lead to a real disaster for the two peoples ».
A message from the tenant of the Élysée which comes shortly after the Israeli announcement of the recall of 60,000 reservists as part of the green light to take control of the Palestinian city. The security firm chaired by Benjamin Netanyahu having approved a plan in early August to seize the city and refugee camps in the center of the territory, considered as the last bastions of Hamas.
This conquest operation “Will train the region in a permanent war”adds the French president, who takes the opportunity to list for the second time in ten days the terms which, according to him, can ” war ». He recalls that he militates for the ” Establishment of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza “, the “ release of all hostages », l’« Massive routing of humanitarian aid to Gazaouis », Not« disarmament of Hamas and the strengthening of the Palestinian authority in Gaza ».
And to achieve this, he joined Jordan and Egypt to claim the implementation of a ” International stabilization mission for Gaza “And” A political solution that responds to the aspirations of the two peoples ».
« No to war, yes to peace and security for all », Ept by concluding the Head of State when the relationship with Israel seems more tense than ever.
“Vaines polemics”
It must be said that on the eve of this new message against Israeli political and military action, the tone is still mounted with a notch. On Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu had indeed accused France – in a letter addressed to Emmanuel Macron – of nourishing anti -Semitism because of the French president’s desire to recognize the Palestinian state. “I call you to replace weakness with action, appeasement by the will, and to do so before a clear date: the new Jewish year, September 23, 2025”demanded the Israeli leader to force Emmanuel Macron to return to his decision, which must be formalized in September at a summit in New York on the two -state solution.
As a first response, the Élysée had estimated that he did not “Lessons to be received in the fight against anti -Semitism”. And on BFMTV, the Minister of European Affairs, Benjamin Haddad, called not to “ instrumentalize ” The subject of “ The anti -Semitism that poisons our European societies ». Because the French authorities were, according to him, “ always extremely mobilized against anti -Semitism “.
Proof of the tense and persistent climate between Paris and Tel Aviv, the representative council of Jewish institutions in France recalled this Wednesday that “The fight against anti -Semitism must bring together and not divide”. “The relationship between France and Israel, based on shared democratic values and common fights, notably against terrorism, deserves better than vain controversies”commented the president of CRIF Yonathan Arfi on X.
