US EditionNetanyahu slams Macron for fuelling 'antisemitic fire'
- On August 19, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron accusing him of fueling antisemitism in France.
- Netanyahu linked Macron's proposal for France to recognize a Palestinian state at a UN meeting to a recent surge in antisemitic incidents across the country.
- He highlighted attacks including a man wearing a kippah robbed in Livry-Gargan, vandalism of Israeli airline offices in Paris, and an arson at a Jewish school in Lyon.
- Netanyahu wrote Macron’s call “pours fuel on this antisemitic fire,” calling it appeasement and stating it rewards Hamas’s terror and incites hatred on France’s streets.
- The letter urged Macron to confront antisemitism decisively by the Jewish New Year on September 23, 2025, warning history will honor action and not indecision.
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By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron called Netanyahu’s remarks “abject” and “wrong” in response to the Israeli prime minister’s accusations that his intention to recognize a Palestinian state fuels anti-Semitism. Tensions between Israel and its traditional allies have escalated in recent weeks following Macron’s pledge last month, a move echoed by Britain, Canada and Australia that Israel vehemently opposes.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply criticized France's President Emmanuel Macron, whose planned recognition of a Palestinian state fuels anti-Semitism, Netanyahu wrote in a letter. The Elysée Palace announces a clear response to the letter.
France wants to recognize a Palestinian state, Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks of anti-Semitism and terrorist reward. Paris calls the allegations "wrong and disgusting".
The Israeli Prime Minister sent a violent letter to the French President. His analysis "is wrong, abject and will not remain unanswered", replied the French Presidency. The Palestinian Authority "considers this attack as unjustified and hostile to peace".
Israel-France row flares over Palestine recognition
A row between Israel and France over Paris's plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting "antisemitism". The Elysee hit back, calling Netanyahu's allegation "abject" and "erroneous". "This is a time for seriousness and responsibility, not for conflation and manipulation," the French presidency added. Netanyahu's accusat…
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