Israeli leaders issued sturdy condemnations following Macron’s announcement that France would acknowledge a Palestinian state, warning that the transfer rewards terrorism and undermines Israel’s safety.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and different Israeli leaders issued sturdy condemnations on Thursday following French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France would acknowledge a Palestinian state, warning that the transfer rewards terrorism and undermines Israel’s safety.
Netanyahu issued an announcement condemning the transfer, saying, “We strongly condemn President Macron’s determination to acknowledge a Palestinian state subsequent to Tel Aviv within the wake of the October 7 bloodbath. Such a transfer rewards terror and dangers creating one other Iranian proxy, simply as Gaza grew to become. A Palestinian state in these situations can be a launch pad to annihilate Israel — to not dwell in peace beside it.
“Let’s be clear: the Palestinians don’t search a state alongside Israel; they search a state as a substitute of Israel.”
“I thank President Macron for offering an extra — and most compelling — purpose to lastly implement Israeli sovereignty over the historic areas of Judea and Samaria, and to place an finish as soon as and for all to the harmful phantasm of a terrorist Palestinian state within the coronary heart of the Land of Israel,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote on X/Twitter. “This might be our professional Zionist response to the unilateral pressures and coercive maneuvers of Macron and his allies.”
Protection Minister Israel Katz referred to as Macron’s recognition “a shame and a give up to terrorism,” posting on X/Twitter, “Macron’s announcement of his intentions to acknowledge a Palestinian state is a shame and a give up to terrorism, granting a reward and encouragement to the murderers and rapists of Hamas, who carried out essentially the most horrific bloodbath of the Jewish individuals for the reason that Holocaust,” Katz wrote.
“As a substitute of standing with Israel on this time of trial, the French president is appearing to weaken it. We is not going to enable the institution of a Palestinian entity that might hurt our safety, endanger our existence, and undermine our historic proper to the Land of Israel. We’re all united to forestall this grave hazard.”
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana additionally lashed out at Macron on social media, expressing remorse over having met him prior to now.
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech throughout an inauguration of a France Companies home in Wallers, France, June 3, 2025. (credit score: Teresa Suarez/Pool through REUTERS)
‘Macron simply awarded Hamas for committing October 7 bloodbath’
“Macron simply awarded Hamas a prize for committing the October 7 bloodbath,” he wrote. “This shameful act is nothing lower than a betrayal by the so-called ‘leaders’ of the free world. It sends a chilling message: terrorism pays off.
“Macron might be remembered as a collaborator with evil — on the improper facet of historical past. I’m ashamed to have met this man. I like France. It deserves extra brave management.”
Overseas Minister Gideon Sa’ar criticized Macron’s transfer as “absurd and unserious.”
“The French President’s pretension to create by mere phrases an illusionary association in our land is ridiculous and never critical,” Sa’ar mentioned. “His assertion this night exhibits that every one the situations that he himself set a couple of weeks in the past – have evaporated. All that is still is the illusionary state he presumes to determine.
“A Palestinian state might be a Hamas state, simply because the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip twenty years in the past led to Hamas taking management of it.
“President Macron can not present safety for Israel. Let’s hope he succeeds in doing so on the streets of Paris. Israel’s try to base its safety on Palestinian guarantees to battle terror fully failed within the Oslo course of. Israel will not gamble on its safety and its future.”
Tradition and Sports activities Minister Miki Zohar was blunt in his condemnation, writing, “President Macron offered France to the novel Islam.”