ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SLAMS MACRON FOR ‘CRUSADE AGAINST THE JEWISH STATE’

Fri 30 May 2025:

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lashed out against French President Emmanuel Macron, who said earlier Paris could harden its position on Israel if it continues to block humanitarian aid to Gaza.

“President Macron’s crusade against the Jewish State continues,” it said on X. “The facts do not interest Macron.”

Earlier, President Emmanuel Macron has said France could harden its position on Israel if it continues to block humanitarian aid to Gaza, which is “creating a situation that is untenable on the ground”.

“If there is no response that meets the humanitarian situation in the coming hours and days, obviously, we will have to toughen our collective position,” Macron said, adding that France may consider applying sanctions against Israeli settlers.

“But I still hope that the government of Israel will change its stance and that we will finally have a humanitarian response.”

The Israeli ministry argued that there was no humanitarian blockade on Gaza and that asserting the contrary was “a blatant lie,” despite UN top officials and international organisations having repeatedly stated that Israel has blockaded all entry of aid since March 2.

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“Instead of applying pressure on the jihadist terrorists, Macron wants to reward them with a Palestinian state. No doubt its national day will be October 7,” it said, in a reference to Hamas’s attack on Israel on that day in 2023.

“This is a historic moment for settlement, a crushing answer to the terrorist organisations and a clear message to Macron and his friends: you will recognize a Palestinian state on paper and the paper will be thrown into the dustbin of history,” Katz was cited as saying by Israeli media, while on a visit to the Israeli settlement of Sha Nur.

The minister further vowed to build a “Jewish Israeli state” in the occupied West Bank, a day after the government announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the territory.

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