Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron “to feed anti -Semitic fire” in France by calling for international recognition of the Palestine State, according to an official letter to the French head of 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”, continues this letter signed by Mr. Netanyahu, dated August 17, and transmitted to AFP on Tuesday.
“I am concerned about the alarming rise in anti -Semitism in France and by the lack of decisive actions of your government to deal with it. In recent years, anti -Semitism has ravaged French cities, ”writes Mr. Netanyahu.
“Since your public statements attacking Israel and signaling the recognition of a Palestinian state, it has increased,” he said.
“Following Hamas’ wild attack against the Israeli people on October 7, 2023, pro-Hamas extremists and left-wing radicals launched an intimidation, vandalism and violence campaign against Europe”, a campaign that “intensified in France” under the mandate of Mr. Macron, estimates the Israeli Prime Minister.
He lists several recent incidents, including the ransacking of the office entrance to the airline EL AL in Paris, the assault of a Jewish man in Livry-Gargan, or rabbis “attacked in the streets of Paris”. “These incidents are not isolated. They constitute a wound ”.
“Your call to a Palestinian state feeds this anti -Semitic fire. (…) This rewards the terror of Hamas, strengthens Hamas’ refusal to release hostages, encourages those who threaten French Jews and promotes the hatred of Jews who now prowls in your streets, “still accuses Mr. Netanyahu.
He praises US President Donald Trump on the back of his “fight” against anti-Semitic crimes and to “protect American Jews”.
“President Macron, anti -Semitism is cancer. It spreads when the leaders remain silent. It retreats when the leaders act. I call you to replace weakness with action, appeasement by will, and to do so before a clear date: the new Jewish year, on September 23, 2025, “apostrophe in conclusion the Israeli Prime Minister.
The war in the Gaza Strip, launched after the unprecedented attack on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023, rekindled international inclinations to recognize the State of Palestine.
France, by the voice of President Macron, announced at the end of May that it would recognize the State of Palestine next September, on the occasion of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
France has “no lessons to receive”, replied Paris to Netanyahu
France has “no lessons to be received in the fight against anti -Semitism,” French Minister of European Affairs Benjamin Haddad retorted on Tuesday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron “to feed anti -Semitic fire”.
“I would like to say in a very clear and very firm way that this subject of anti-Semitism which poisons our European societies, and we have seen an acceleration of violent anti-Semitic acts since the attacks of Hamas in October 7, it cannot be instrumentalized,” said the Minister on the French channel, according to whom the French authorities have always been extremely mobilized against anti-Semitism “.
