PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron strongly rejected Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s recent criticism over rising antisemitism in France and warned the issue should not be \u201cweaponized,\u201d in a letter to the Israeli leader published Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Rows have broken out about an increase in antisemitic acts and hate crimes in France as international tensions mount over the conflict in Gaza.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccusations of inaction in the face of a scourge that we are fighting with everything in our power are unacceptable and are an offense to France as a whole,\u201d Macron wrote to Netanyahu, in a letter published in several newspapers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fight against antisemitism must not be weaponized and will not fuel any discord between Israel and France.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel has been under mounting pressure to wrap up its campaign in Gaza, where the war has created a humanitarian crisis and devastated much of the territory, and to bring home Israeli hostages held there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI solemnly appeal to you to end the desperate race of a murderous and illegal permanent war in Gaza, causing indignity for your country and placing your people in a deadlock,\u201d Macron wrote, in Tuesday\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n
In a letter sent in mid-August, Netanyahu had complained that Macron\u2019s promise that France would recognize a Palestinian state was fueling antisemitism.<\/p>\n
Macron had announced that France would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September.<\/p>\n
In his letter to Macron, Netanyahu alleged that antisemitism had \u201csurged\u201d in France following the announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement,\u201d of the Hamas militants that Israel is fighting in Gaza, the Israeli leader wrote.<\/p>\n
A diplomatic row also erupted in recent days between the United States and France when Washington\u2019s ambassador to Paris in a public letter to Macron accused France of a \u201clack of sufficient action\u201d on antisemitism.<\/p>\n
US ambassador Charles Kushner, the father of US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law, was ordered to report to the French foreign ministry on Monday but as Kushner was absent, the US embassy\u2019s charge d\u2019affaires went in his place.<\/p>\n
France called Kushner\u2019s allegations \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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