New episode in diplomatic tensions between France and Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared on Sunday October 20, 2024 on X (formerly Twitter) that he had asked his ministry to provide legal assistance to Israeli companies excluded from the Euronaval military exhibition by decision of the president. Frenchman Emmanuel Macron.
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French authorities announced on Friday October 18 that Israeli companies could participate in the world’s largest naval military exhibition, which will be held in early November in Villepinte, near Paris, but on condition that the weapons they produce do not have been used in the wars in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, which amounts to preventing the vast majority of them from presenting them at the show. Euronaval initially announced that the French government had banned the presence of Israeli companies, which the French executive denied on Friday to theAFP.
Promise of legal action quickly withdrawn on X
Israel, which had accused Emmanuel Macron of “to shame” to France after this announcement from Euronaval, promised to support its companies by all means. “I asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist Israeli companies in their diplomatic and legal actions against the decision of French President Emmanuel Macron to prevent Israeli companies from presenting their products at the Euronaval exhibition”declared Israel Katz on the X platform.
The minister initially promised to take legal action against Emmanuel Macron, before modifying his tweet. “The boycott of Israeli companies, for the second time, with the imposition of unacceptable conditions, are anti-democratic measures which in our eyes are not acceptable, especially between friendly nations. I urge President Macron to cancel them completely”he added.
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