France did not appreciate it and made it known. Questioned on the website of the daily Le Parisien, the Minister of Foreign Affairs once again reacted to the arrest of two French gendarmes on the pilgrimage site managed by France in East Jerusalem in Eléona, the Palestinian part of the occupied city and annexed by Israel since 1967.
As part of a trip by Jean-Noël Barrot, the Israeli police entered the site “armed” and “without authorization” according to the French version and subsequently briefly arrested two French gendarmes in civilian clothes.
“I told you, what happened is too serious,” declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs. I immediately summoned the Israeli ambassador to France to remind him that an incident like this must never happen again. We will consider all options and we will not stop there. »
Built on the so-called Pater cave, where Christ is said to have taught the Pater to his disciples, the pilgrimage site is one of the four French national domains in and near Jerusalem, with the Tomb of the Kings, the Basilica of Saint Anne and the ancient crusader commandery of Abu Gosh with their Romanesque churches
On Thursday, France condemned these actions “with all the more force as they take place in a context where it is doing everything possible to work towards the de-escalation of violence in the region”, according to a press release from the Quai d’Orsay.
After France’s help during the last two attacks on Iran, Jean-Noël Barrot also wanted to renew his support for Israel in the event of new rocket attacks launched from Tehran. “When I say that France is unfailingly committed to the security of Israel, these are not just words,” he said.
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