It is “the latest episode in a salvo of diplomatic reprisals”, asserts Politico. In the midst of a diplomatic crisis with Israel, the French president came out on top to assert his disagreement with the war waged by the Jewish state in Lebanon and Gaza. On Tuesday October 15, the Élysée announced that Israeli companies will not be able to participate in the Euronaval exhibition, which is to be held from November 4 to 7 in Villepinte, north of Paris. More precisely, explains the European media, “Israeli delegations will be able to attend the show, but professionals will not be able to exhibit their military equipment.”
The French sanction, decided by Emmanuel Macron, caused a lot of ink to flow in Israel. For Can – the Israeli public broadcasting company – the French president dealt a big blow to relations between the two countries by banning Israeli arms dealers from participating in Euronaval, “one of the world’s largest maritime defense technology exhibitions”. Following this decision, Can received the acerbic reaction of Ron Tomer, “president of the Union of Israeli Industrialists”. He claims that “the Jewish and Israeli people will have to weigh the interest of our alliance with Paris
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