“The time for a ceasefire has come” – DW – 10/06/2024

French President Emmanuel Macron met by telephone this Sunday (10/06/2024) with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to whom he stressed that “the time has come for a ceasefire” in the Middle East.

“The President of the Republic has expressed to the Prime Minister (Netanyahu) his belief that the time has come for a ceasefire. The supply of arms, the prolongation of the war in Gaza and its extension to Lebanon could be counterproductive to Israeli security,” French said. the President said in a statement.

This conversation between the two leaders took place at a time of diplomatic tension as Macron advocated ending arms supplies to Israel this Saturday (10/05/2026), which angered Netanyahu.

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, Macron expressed “the solidarity of the French people with the Israeli people, especially the victims, the hostages and their families” and recognized that, like all countries, Israel too ” He has the right to defend himself against terrorism.” Attacks against the Jewish State “must stop, whether they come from Iran or its allies in the region.”

Similarly, the French president recalled the military support that Paris “provided to Netanyahu’s executive during the Iranian attacks (against Israel) in recent months.” In any case, as Macron himself admitted, France no longer supplies arms to Israel.

(EFE, AFP/MN)