The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuhad a telephone conversation with the French president, Emmanuel Macronafter the French representative called this Saturday to impose restrictions on the sale of arms to Israel.
The Israeli Prime Minister declared that, with the suspension of weapons, Macron”will only help Tehran and his allies”, all this a day after Netanyahu publicly attacked “their hypocrisy” against the French president and all leaders who have the same position on the arms embargo.
The Prime Minister, for his part, intensified his efforts and praised the IDF’s operations against Hezbollah because “they create an opportunity” to change the reality in Lebanon towards stabilitysecurity and peace throughout the region.
“Just as Iran supports all parts of the terrorist axis Iranian, it is also expected that friends of Israel support him and do not impose restrictions that would only strengthen the Iranian axis of evil,” Netanyahu told Macron, according to a statement from his office.
They finally agreed to continue the conversation during the visit of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noel Barrotin the region tomorrow.
For the moment, France has not yet published a report on this call.
France, leader in arms shipments
Macron said on Saturday France Inter that the priority was “return to a political solution [y] that the supply of weapons to fight in Gaza be stopped. » And he clarified that “France does not send any” despite the fact that the French country is already the second largest exporter in the world behind the United States.
In addition, France sent a military team worth 30 million euros ($33 million) last year, according to the Defense Ministry’s annual arms export report.
In fact, in statements this Saturday after Netanyahu’s “rude” remarks to Macron, the French presidency declared in a statement that “France He is an impeccable friend of Israel. Mr. Netanyahu’s remarks are excessive and do not correspond to the friendship between France and Israel.
These subtle changes in the macronist diplomatic story Concerning Israel, although it continues to be the second largest arms exporter, they show that the Western bloc maintains its strong support towards Israel, even in the face of these last minute changes in its position.
“Lebanon cannot be Gaza”
Faced with rising tensions in the region, France has indicated that its priority is now “it’s avoiding escalation. The Lebanese people must not be sacrificed, Lebanon cannot become another Gaza“, he added.
Over the past two weeks, Israel has intensified drastically their attacks against the Shiite paramilitary group Hezbollah, supported by Iran after a year of cross-border conflict of a lower level fought alongside Israel’s war against Palestine after the 7-O attacks.
The Israeli government has indicated that its priority now is the return of Israelis to their homes. in northern Israelafter being evacuated amid rocket attacks by Shiite militia who launched their first attack on the region on October 8 last year.
