The President of the Senate Gérard Larcher said this Thursday, October 17, “stunned” by the comments attributed to Emmanuel Macron on Israel, denouncing a “misunderstanding of History” by the President of the Republic, who had affirmed that Benjamin Netanyahu should “not forget that his country was created by a decision of the UN”.
“It is first of all a misunderstanding of the history of the birth of the State of Israel (…) To doubt the existence of Israel touches for me on fundamental questions”, launched Gérard Larcher (LR) on Europe 1 and CNews, in reaction to Emmanuel Macron’s comments reported by participants in a Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
“Mr. Netanyahu must not forget that his country was created by a UN decision,” said Emmanuel Macron according to these sources, while the war in Gaza and Lebanon was being discussed, urging the Israeli Prime Minister to indirect not to “free itself from UN decisions”.
“I was stunned that these comments could be made,” Gérard Larcher was indignant 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? Did he become aware of what happened during the Shoah and after the Shoah?” he got carried away, affirming that there was “a sort of doubt” about the fact that the head of state could call into 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.
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