The French president recently called for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel in an interview with French radio, which triggered an angry response from the Israeli prime minister who declared “shame” on the French president.
Macron’s call not to ignore U.N. decisions refers to the situation in southern Lebanon and Israeli fire against U.N. peacekeepers, which 40 countries condemned in a statement Saturday. Paris had summoned the Israeli ambassador to France in wake of an incident in which two U.N. staff were wounded in south Lebanon.
On Monday, France’s Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu echoed these warnings from France, telling a journalist that it was a “problem” that Israel does not respect U.N. resolutions.
“It was a U.N. resolution that created Israel, one of the first,” he said on French television.
Laura Kayali contributed reporting.
