Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuaccused against the President of France, Emmanuel Macronwho advocated stopping arms supplies to Israel for its offensives in Gaza and Lebanon, and responded to the French President that Israel would win “with or without your support.”

“What a shame,” the Jewish president responded in a video speech this Saturday, in which he also criticized the rest of the Western countries that support Macron’s opinion, after the French president, without mentioning the country, noted that we must stop selling weapons to the Jewish statebut the main supplier is, of course, the United States.

The French leader also said in the interview that Lebanon “cannot become the new Gaza” and called for a de-escalation of the conflict.

The President of Israel assured that Iran is not demanding an arms embargo on its allieslike the Shia militia Hezbollah, or pro-Iranian militias in Iraq or the Houthis in Yemen, because the “axis of terror” – as this alliance is called – remains united.

“While Israel fights the barbarism led by Iran, civilized countries must stand alongside it,” he chided.

In his speech, the Israeli leader assured that his army is fighting “for peace and security throughout the world.”

In addition, Netanyahu, in an interview broadcast on radio France Inter, He defended the search for a new “political solution” to the conflict in the Gaza Strip – as a result of which almost 42 thousand Palestinians died – and also to stop the supply of weapons to Israel.

Netanyahu’s excessive statements: Macron

Emmanuel Macron considered the statements “excessive” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for advocating an end to arms sales to the Israeli state.

“France is an impeccable friend of Israel. “Mr. Netanyahu’s words are excessive and do not correspond to the friendship between France and Israel,” the French president said in a statement.

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A memo from the Elysee Palace, published shortly after Netanyahu’s statements, argued that the request to stop arms supplies to Israel comes in the context of “increasing violence” that It can only be stopped by an “immediate ceasefire.” both in Gaza and Lebanon.

In turn, the French presidency noted that The cessation of hostilities will serve to “free the Israeli hostages” Hamas and “protect civilians” involved in the conflict. The French president insisted that Lebanon must be “preserved.”

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Likewise, the Elysee Palace noted that Macron takes a “very demanding position in his relations with Iran on all issues that are strategic for Israel” and that if that country were attacked by Tehran or thanks to one of his allies, he will always be able to count on France.

(according to information from EFE)