During a three-hour televised interview earlier in May, Macron said Europe should consider sanctioning Israel over the humanitarian situatio
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being on a "crusade against the Jewish state," after he urged the international community to harden its stance towards Israel if the humanitarian situation in Gaza doesn’t improve. "There is no humanitarian blockade. This is a blatant lie," the ministry said, defending its control over the flow of aid into the enclave. "But instead of putting pressure on jihadist terrorists, Macron wants to reward them with a Palestinian state. No doubt his national holiday will be October 7," the statement said, referring to the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. During a three-hour televised interview earlier in May, Macron said Europe should consider sanctioning Israel over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands are thought to be now facing starvation. "What he's doing is shameful," Macron said of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the interview on TF1 television. Those remarks sparked an immediate rebuke from Netanyahu, who said Macron "once again chose to stand" with Hamas. After a previous ceasefire with Hamas collapsed in March, Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza, with no aid allowed into the Strip for almost three months. That situation has eased slightly in recent days but aid organisations still warn of widespread hunger and imminent famine across most of Gaza.
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Macron has called for a halt to arms sales to Israel since early 2024, yet France still provides arms to this day. Macron is obviously on the side of Hamas; I hear he directs their operations from the Élysée Palace.
