French Senate speaker 'astounded' by Macron 'ignorance' on Israel

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The speaker of the French Senate -- the country's second most senior figure under the constitution -- said Thursday he was "astounded" by remarks attributed to Emmanuel Macron on Israel and accused the president of showing his "ignorance" of history.

Macron was quoted as saying in a cabinet meeting Tuesday that Israel "must not forget" it owed its existence to a United Nations resolution after its troops fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.


The comment sparked a furious reaction from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding to growing tensions between France and Israel, and also troubled Jewish community figures within France.

"It first of all shows an ignorance of the history of the birth of the State of Israel," Gerard Larcher, the right-wing speaker of the upper house, told Europe 1 radio.

"Questioning the existence of Israel touches on fundamental questions for me," he said.

"I was astounded that these remarks could be made," he added. The creation of Israel "did not come as a notarial act merely validated by the UN," he argued.

Larcher would take over the presidency if centrist Macron was incapacitated or suddenly resigned. He is a senior figure in the right-wing Republicans (LR) party to which Prime Minister Michel Barnier also belongs.

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Both ignorance and bigotry from the French president.

 

[Donald H]

This is just one example of rationally thinking people separating facts from fictions on that country and it's people.

Their genocide against the Palestinian people should be a clear indication on their lack of morally acceptable behaviour throughout history. It's that from which the rest of the world is coming to accept conclusions that differ widely from what has been carelessly accepted.

 

[Mac-7]

This is just one example of rationally thinking people separating facts from fictions on that country and it's people.

Their genocide against the Palestinian people should be a clear indication on their lack of morally acceptable behaviour throughout history. It's that from which the rest of the world is coming to accept conclusions that differ widely from what has been carelessly accepted.

Your ignorance of the English language and events in Gaza are regretable

There is no genocide in Gaza

genocide /jĕn′ə-sīd″/

noun​

1. The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.
2. The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.
   "the Nazi genocide of Jews left few in Germany or Poland after World War II"
   Similar: race murderracial extermination
3. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, politicalopinion, social status, or other particularity.

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