“It is first of all a misunderstanding of the history of the birth of the State of Israel,” reacted Gérard Larcher (LR) this Thursday morning on Europe 1 and CNews, after comments attributed to Emmanuel Macron who affirmed that Benjamin Netanyahu should “not forget that his country was created by a UN decision”. “To doubt the existence of Israel touches on fundamental questions for me,” added the Senate President.
The President of the Republic, according to sources present during a Council of Ministers on Tuesday, while the war in Gaza and Lebanon was being discussed, indirectly urged the Israeli Prime Minister not to “free himself from the decisions of the UN”.
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“I was stunned that these comments could be made,” said Gérard Larcher indignantly on Thursday. According to the President of the Senate, the birth of Israel “did not come as a notarial act only noted by the UN”.
“Did Emmanuel Macron remember the Balfour declaration? Was he aware of what happened during the Holocaust and after the Holocaust? “, he got carried away, affirming that there was “a sort of doubt” about the fact that Emmanuel Macron could question the legitimacy of the existence of the Hebrew state. “I don’t suspect anything, I say that Israel’s right to exist is neither debatable nor negotiable,” he added.
The remarks attributed to the French head of state had provoked strong reactions even within his camp in the National Assembly, the group of deputies Together for the Republic.
