Tag: Emmanuel Macron
Pompeo to France: Hezbollah’s weapons will torpedo attempts to intervene in Lebanon
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that France’s intervention to resolve the crisis in Lebanon is bound to fail unless the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons is not dealt with first.
“The United...
Wiesenthal Centre Appeals to French President Emmanuel Macron Regarding Antisemitism Spike over the Last...
Paris, 28 August
In a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, presented a panoply of Jew-hatred across France in only the last week.
Samuels with President...
Holocaust-denying graffiti found on wall in French village burned down by Nazis
French politicians from across the political spectrum condemned Holocaust-denying graffiti written on a wall in the village of Oradour-Sur-Glane, where the Nazi massacre of many of its inhabitants took place during World War II.
French...
Report: European leaders call on Netanyahu to shelve sovereignty plan
Leaders of major European countries have been urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shelve his plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, Channel 13 News reported on...
Macron criticized by French magistrates for wanting trial for Sarah Halimi case
Top judiciary officials in France criticized French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday after he urged for the anti-Semitic murderer of Sarah Halimi to be put on trial.
Halimi, an Orthodox Jewish woman in her 60s, died on...
French president scolds Israeli security at Jerusalem church in Old City
French President Emmanuel Macron berated Israeli security personnel on Wednesday during a visit to Jerusalem’s Old City, after they pushed ahead of his own security detail to enter the Church of Saint Anne, which...
Israel irked by Macron-Abbas meeting ahead of Holocaust forum
Israeli officials on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the decision by French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a three-day visit to the country for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, to meet with Palestinian Authority leader...
Report: Rouhani spurns Trump as Macron diplomacy plan fails
A behind-the-scenes diplomatic effort that would have culminated with a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and the resumption of negotiations, was scuttled when Rouhani backed out at the...
US will not permit $15 billion French credit line to Iran
The United States will not provide waivers to allow France to give Iran a $15 billion relief package.
“We did sanctions today. There will be more sanctions coming,” U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook told...
France warns Tehran about breaching 2015 nuclear deal
France warned Iran on Thursday not to violate the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.
“Tensions are growing, and for me, the first element is that there is...