Macron has repeatedly called for a cease-fire in Gaza and demanded earlier this month that countries stop supplying weapons used by Israel to target the besieged enclave. The call triggered a blistering rebuke from Netanyahu, who slammed Western leaders pushing for an arms embargo.
French President Macron’s actions are a disgrace to the French nation and the values of the free world, which he claims to uphold. The decision to discriminate against Israeli defense industries in France a second time – aids Israel’s enemies during war. This builds on the decision to place an arms embargo on the Jewish State.
France has adopted, and is consistently implementing a hostile policy towards the Jewish people. We will continue defending our nation against enemies on 7 different fronts, and fighting for our future – with or without France.
Yoav Gallant
Israel’s Minister for Defense
A reminder to the French President: It was not a UN decision that established the State of Israel but the victory that was achieved in the War of Independence with the blood of our heroic fighters, many of whom were Holocaust survivors, including from the Vichy regime in France.
It would also be worthwhile to recall that in recent decades, the UN has approved hundreds of antisemitic decisions against the State of Israel, the purpose of which is to deny the one and only Jewish state’s right to exist and its ability to defend itself.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
