A relationship that is dislocating a little more. Between Emmanuel Macron and Benjamin Netanyahu, there has been a new pass of arms. This time on a highly sensitive subject: anti -Semitism.
The Israeli prime minister accused the French president “of feeding the anti -Semitic fire” in France by requesting international recognition of the State of Palestine.
“I am concerned about the alarming increase in anti -Semitism in France and the lack of decisive actions of his government to deal with him. In recent years, anti -Semitism has devastated French cities,” he wrote in an official letter. He affirms that anti -Semitism has increased even more since the French decision on the Palestinian State.
This analysis “is incorrect, abject and will not remain unanswered,” the French presidency replied. “The period requires severity and responsibility, not amalgams and manipulations.”
Of support after October to the multiplication of criticism
The relationship between the two leaders has been delivering for several months. Faced with the obstinacy of the Israeli government to bring Gaza to a deadly offensive against Hamas to the detriment of the life of the Palestinians and the disastrous humanitarian situation, the French president has been increasingly critical.
On May 13, Emmanuel Macron described as “shame” and “unacceptable” the action of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Palestinian enclave and denounced “a humanitarian drama.” Since the beginning of the war, 62,064 people have died in Gaza, mainly civil, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the UN. Sitting, more than two million Palestinians are threatened with famine according to the UN.
Observations that disliked Israeli prime minister: he accused the French president of standing on an “murderous terrorist organization and transmitting his vile propaganda.”
Just after the attacks of October 7 by Hamas, which led to the Israeli side of 1,219 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, the French president registered a “complete solidarity” with the Hebrew state, and hit Israel’s “right to defend themselves.” It started a few weeks later to beg a high fire and call the Israeli government to Suestrar so as not to kill civilians without “reason” or “legitimacy.” But, without really raising the tone.
“After October 7, certain statements from the president proved too favorable to Israel, when others considered themselves too unfavorable,” said David Rigoulet -rez, a researcher at the French Institute of Strategic Analysis and specialist in the Middle East, contacted by BFMTV. “Emmanuel Macron tried to maintain a equilibrium position, which has always been that of French diplomacy, beyond the fluctuation of events.”
“During the months, and in the face of the degradation of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the Israelis had more and more the impression of a distance from France,” he abounds.
The announcement of the recognition of the state of Palestine, a “turning point”
If the relationship between the two men has gradually deteriorated, France made a turn with the announcement at the end of July of the future recognition of the state of Palestine.
“Faithful to its historical commitment to a fair and lasting peace in the Middle East, I decided that France will recognize the state of Palestine. I will make the solemn announcement to the United Nations General Assembly, next September,” said the head of state on July 24 after having raided the way to this decision to this decision.
This announcement earned Emmanuel Macron a rain of convictions of Benjamin Netanyahu and her ministers. The Israeli prime minister has pointed out a decision that “encourages terror” considering “that a Palestinian state would serve as a springboard to destroy Israel, not to live in peace by its side.”
“This announcement has undoubtedly constituted a turning point in the relations between the two political leaders, beyond the variations of the elements of language in recent months,” says researcher David Rigoulet -rez. “This can represent a balancing moment in the middle of the roller coaster.”
In the process, more than a dozen Western countries, including Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, in conditions, have announced that they followed in the footsteps of France. “Benjamin Netanyahu wants Emmanuel Macron to be even more in the initiative of a dynamic, whose expectations were undoubtedly undervalued,” he judges the specialist of the Middle East.
Delivery of weapons, Israel “created by a UN decision” …
This decision, due to the violent position of the Israeli prime minister against the French leader, can be perceived as the climax of the accumulated tensions for almost a year between the two countries.
In June, the French government decided to prohibit Israeli companies from exhibiting their team at the Euronaval defense fair. In mid -September, France voted a text from the United Nations General Assembly “demanding” that Israel “ends without delay in its illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territory”, in the West Bank, “last time in twelve months.”
The dissensions generated by these two acts quickly became a diplomatic crisis. At the beginning of October, the French president asked him to stop the deliveries of offensive weapons to Israel. “Shame!”, The Israeli prime minister had exclaimed in a video, believing that “all civilized countries should be firmly with Israel.”
A few days later, Emmanuel Macron promoted him by declaring in the Council of Ministers that the Hebrew State had been “created by a UN decision”, clicking Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli prime minister said he was a few days later “extremely disappointed” of the French leader. “He supported us at the beginning of the war and little by little I saw that he changed positions and took positions against our common interests,” he said in CNews.
In addition to the situation in Gaza, the Israeli earthly invasion appeared at the bottom of these weapons, ally of Hamas and subordinated to the “jury enemy” of Iran of Israel. This operation was experienced as a diplomatic humiliation by France, Israel, had swept the 21 -day fire project with the United States. Paris had denounced more Israeli fires “deliberate” against the positions of the UN Paz Forces of the Peace forces in southern Lebaners (Finul).
For approximately a year, Emmanuel Macron has increased criticism regarding the strategy of the Israeli government directed by Benjamin Netanyahu. This Wednesday, August 20, the Head of State reiterated his warning against “the military offensive that Israel is preparing” to take the city of Gaza and the refugee camps, considered the last bastions of Hamas.
“The military offensive in Gaza who is preparing Israel can only lead to a real disaster for the two peoples and will make the region a permanent war,” said Emmanuel Macron On X arguing again an “international stabilization mission” developed in particular with Egypt and Jordan.
“Today, interpersonal relationships between the two men are visibly executable,” summarizes David Rigoulet -rez.
Source: BFM TV
