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Netanyahu Accuses Macron of Disrespect After His Remarks on Israel's Founding
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that French President Emmanuel Macron showed ignorance and disrespect for history by declaring the establishment of the State of Israel in accordance with a UN resolution.
According to him, Israel gained statehood as a result of the War of Independence.
Netanyahu added: “The United Nations did not participate in the 1948 war, but the Holocaust survivors and the Vichy regime did,” referring to the French collaborationist government that operated during the German occupation during World War II.
Earlier, Le Parisien newspaper, citing sources, reported that President Macron said at a closed ministerial meeting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should remember the circumstances of the creation of the Jewish state based on UN resolutions. . The newspaper notes that the president made these statements in the context of the ongoing Israeli operation against the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah at the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) base and the recall of the Israeli ambassador to Israel. The French Foreign Ministry due to the attack on peacekeepers.
On September 23, Israel launched Operation Northern Arrows against Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, carrying out large-scale strikes against the organization’s military targets. The stated goal is to create a safe environment in the Jewish state’s northern border areas to allow tens of thousands of residents to return there. On the night of October 1, the Israeli military announced a ground operation in Lebanon’s southern border areas.