Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced his opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Prime Minister’s Office says.
According to the PMO, Netanyahu told Macron that a Palestinian state would be a “huge prize for terror,” noting that no Palestinian official, including from the Palestinian Authority, has condemned the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre.
“The prime minister told the French president that a Palestinian state that is established a few minutes from Israeli cities will be a stronghold for Iranian terror and that a large majority of the Israeli public firmly opposes this – and this is also his consistent and long-standing policy.”
Last week, Macron said Paris could recognize a Palestinian state in the coming months.
Macron says he told Netanyahu suffering in Gaza ‘must end,’ only a ceasefire can free hostages
France’s President Emmanuel Macron says that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that the suffering of Gazan civilians “must end” and that only a ceasefire in Gaza could free remaining Israeli hostages.
“The ordeal the civilian populations of Gaza are going through must end,” Macron posted on X after the talk with Netanyahu, calling for “the opening of all humanitarian aid crossings” into the besieged Palestinian territory.
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