“Time is running out and something more dangerous may emerge in the coming weeks and days,” Lecornu told French radio RTL.
He continued: “It is clear that it will be a more direct regional war between Iran and…Israel“, after Israel threatened to respond to a missile attack launched by Iran on its territory on October 1.
The French minister pointed to “political and diplomatic differences regarding the way Israel conducts its wars,” adding, “But Israel is our ally.”
However, Locorno stressed the need to stop the escalation and put an end to conflicts that cause many civilian casualties.
The French Minister of the Armed Forces stressed the importance of “containing the escalation in… The Middle East“, stressing that “the security of the State of Israel is not negotiable (…) and of course the issue of terrorism facing Israel, which also faces us,” pointing out that France is one of the European powers that has suffered a large number of victims as a result of terrorism.
Israel is at war with the Palestinian Hamas movement in Gaza and the Lebanese Hezbollah, which is supported by… Iran.
He was the French president Emmanuel MacronOn Thursday evening, he denounced the “lack of professionalism” among some French ministers and journalists, criticizing them for “distorting” statements he made about Israel during a cabinet meeting that sparked a sharp controversy with the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu.
Participants in a French government session held on October 15 were quoted as saying: Macron He told his ministers that Netanyahu should “not ignore United Nations resolutions” and “not forget that his country was established by a United Nations decision,” referring to the United Nations General Assembly’s vote in November 1947 on a plan to divide Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state.
These statements about the establishment of the State of Israel sparked great controversy and anger among Jewish institutions in France and among part of the political class.
