Macron, Netanyahu and antisemitism
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The French president says claims his decision to recognise a Palestinian state had fuelled antisemitism “will not go unanswered”, as Israel calls up 60,000 reservists for its planned military expansion.
Netanyahu warns that Macron’s public criticism of Israel has coincided with what he describes as “an alarming rise in the wave of anti-Semitism in France”
France strongly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s letter to President Emmanuel Macron accusing him of fuelling antisemitism, calling the allegations “abject and erroneous” while reaffirming France’s commitment to protecting Jewish citizens.