Netanyahu responds to Macron’s UN comment

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday took offense to French President Emmanuel Macron's comment that Israel was created by the United Nations.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu must not forget that his country was founded by a decision of the United Nations,” President Macron told the cabinet, adding that in 1947, the British mandate of Palestine was to be divided among Jews. He referred to the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. and Arab countries.

“Therefore, now is not the time to ignore the UN decision,” he added.

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Israel accepted the partition plan, but the Palestinians rejected it. Hours after declaring independence on May 14, 1948, armies from neighboring Arab states attacked Israel, and Israel won the war a year later.

“Reminder to the President of France: It was not a United Nations decision that established the State of Israel, but a victory achieved with the blood of heroic fighters in the War of Independence, many of whom were Holocaust survivors, including those in the Vichy regime. “The French government,” Netanyahu read in a statement responding to Macron's comments.

Macron's comments came as he called for a halt to arms exports to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon to create conditions for a ceasefire.

The call for an arms embargo follows the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which suffered an unprovoked attack by the terrorist group on October 7, 2023, and a year of rocket attacks by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. It was issued during a military operation in Lebanon.

Earlier this month, Netanyahu criticized Macron and other Western leaders for calling for a halt to the flow of arms.

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October 1, 1948, Israeli troops during the Arab-Israeli War. (Photo by Getty Images from History/Universal Images Group)

“All civilized nations should stand firmly by Israel's side as it fights barbaric forces led by Iran, but President Macron and other Western leaders are now calling for an arms embargo against Israel. Shameful. is” Prime Minister Netanyahu said In a statement.

He continued, “Is Iran imposing an arms embargo on Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas and other proxies? Of course not. This axis of terror is united, but this axis of terror is “Countries that are said to be opposed to Iran are calling for an arms embargo on Iran.” Israel. “

He called their stance “disgraceful” and said Israel “will win with or without their support, but their shame will last long after the war is won.”

On October 6, President Macron said that France would no longer supply arms to Israel, but would continue to provide missile defense equipment.

On October 7, 2023, Palestinians cross the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and overpower an Israeli tank. (Getty Images)

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“I think today's priority is to return to a political solution and to stop supplying arms to fight in Gaza,” Macron said in an interview, according to the newspaper. euro news.