US EditionEditorial | Right, Again: Macron's Vision Is the only Way to Guarantee Israel's Future
Macron defends France's stance on Palestinian state recognition as a path to peace, rejecting Netanyahu's claims of encouraging antisemitism amid escalating diplomatic tensions.
- French President Emmanuel Macron publicly responded on August 26, 2025, to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's leaked accusations against France in a six-page letter.
- Netanyahu charged that France's support for Palestinian state recognition fuels antisemitism, which Macron dismissed as an offence to France and unfair.
- Macron defended his government's anti-antisemitism efforts, stressing that protecting French Jewish citizens has been a top priority since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack triggered conflict in Gaza.
- Macron emphasized that efforts to combat antisemitism should not be exploited for political purposes or cause tensions between France and Israel, while France called in the US ambassador to protest similar accusations.
- The dispute highlights tensions ahead of a contentious September UN General Assembly where Palestinian state recognition gains broad European support despite Israeli opposition.
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Macron's three-pronged response to Netanyahu's accusations of 'antisemitic fire'
In a six-page letter, French President Emmanuel Macron said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had 'weaponized' the fight against antisemitism and urged him to 'end the desperate race of a murderous and illegal permanent war in Gaza.'
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The French president responded this Tuesday to Benyamin Netanyahu's letter sent on 17 August. The Israeli Prime Minister expressed his concern about the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in France. "The fight against anti-Semitism cannot be a subject of instrumentalization," says Emmanuel Macron. - Anti-Semiticism: "the accusations of inaction offend France as a whole", Macron writes in Netanyahu (International).
Emmanuel Macron believes that Benjamin Netanyahu's "charges of inaction" towards France in the fight against anti-Semitism constitute an "offense" for the country "whole" and urges the Israeli Prime Minister to leave his "lethal run forward" in Gaza, in a letter published Tuesday by the daily Le Monde. ...
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