Benjamin Netanyahu considers the French head of state’s call for an arms embargo “shameful” and that his comment on the UN is a “sign of ignorance and lack of respect for history.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that his allies in Europe, such as France, Spain and Italy, must be on the Israeli side in this battle against Iranian-funded groups, even though the criticism has led to widespread criticism of the Israeli’s methods. . used by Israeli authorities.
French President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly condemned Netanyahu’s government, beginning with a call for an international arms embargo against Israel on October 11 and, more recently, with a comment recalling the United Nations’ role in the genesis of the country. In an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, the Israeli prime minister considered the French head of state’s call “shameful” and maintained that the comment about the UN is a “sign of ignorance and lack of respect for history.” However, the Israeli prime minister hopes that France will “change its position” and reminds Macron that he is “fighting against people who hate all the values defended by Europe.”
Netanyahu was also asked about last week’s attacks in southern Lebanon, against UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) facilities, which caused several injuries and were harshly rejected by several European leaders. “We have nothing against UNIFIL,” says the Israeli prime minister, who defends his position by blaming Hezbollah, accusing the Lebanese Shiite group of “hiding behind UN facilities to launch missiles” against Israel. “In almost 20 years, how many Hezbollah missiles has UNIFIL stopped?”
The Israeli leader once again referred to resolution 1701 of the United Nations Security Council, drafted after the 2006 war between both bodies currently in conflict. About 18 years ago it was decided that “there could be no armed occupation by Hezbollah south of the Litani River,” recalls the prime minister, and that during searches carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in “hundreds of tunnels and hideouts In the region, they found “state-of-the-art” Russian weapons in these bases of the Lebanese group.
Source: Observadora
