Emmanuel Macron condemned Benjamin Netanyahu's assertion linking France's recognition of a Palestinian state to a rise in antisemitism, calling the analysis erroneous, abject and promising a response. Relations between the two leaders have been strained since Macron announced France would recognise a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly to pursue peace. Netanyahu criticised the decision as rewarding terror and warned that a Palestinian state under current conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. France will join at least 145 UN members recognising a Palestinian state. Netanyahu accused Macron of insufficient action on antisemitism and sent a similar letter to Australia. Macron's office affirmed France protects Jewish citizens and has required government measures since 2017.
Relations between the two leaders have been strained since July, when Macron announced that France would become the first major western power to recognise a Palestinian state at next month's UN general assembly, in the hope of bringing peace to the region. At the time, Netanyahu, who is wanted by the international criminal court over allegations of war crimes in Gaza, criticised the decision, saying that France rewards terror.
In a letter sent to Macron earlier this week, Netanyahu accused the French president of not doing enough to confront the alarming rise of antisemitism in France. Your call for a Palestinian state pour fuels on this antisemitism fire, Netanyahu wrote. A similar letter, with almost identical wording, was reportedly also sent to Australia's prime minister earlier this week.
The analysis suggesting that France's decision to recognise the state of Palestine in September is behind the rise in antisemitic violence in France is erroneous, abject, and will not go unanswered, it said. The current period calls for seriousness and responsibility, not generalisation and manipulation.
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