Emmanuel Macron, at the Council of Ministers: “Mr Netanyahu must not forget that his country was created based on a UN decision”
According to comments reported to Agence France-Presse by participants, Emmanuel Macron stated as much at the Council of Ministers “Mr Netanyahu must not forget that his country was created based on a UN decision”refers to the vote in November 1947 by the United Nations General Assembly on the plan to divide Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state.
“And therefore, this is not the time to disassociate from the UN decision”he continued, as Israel led a ground offensive against the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon, where some 10,000 peacekeepers were deployed. Adopted unanimously in 2006, UN Security Council Resolution 1701 provides for the cessation of hostilities between the armies of the Jewish State and Hezbollah, and the expansion of the UN peace mandate (UNIFIL) to ensure compliance with the ceasefire along the “blue line”.
But Benjamin Netanyahu claims that Hezbollah took advantage of it “UNIFIL installation and position [Force intérimaire des Nations unies au Liban] as a cover to launch his attack” against Israel, and on Sunday asked the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, to wear a blue helmet “take cover immediately”.
UNIFIL, with a contingent of 700 Frenchmen, lashed out « choquantes violation » Israel, reporting an entry « enforced », Sunday, two tanks at one of the positions. The Israeli army said one of its tanks hit a UNIFIL post while evacuating wounded soldiers.
On Friday, the head of state went to court “completely unacceptable” that peacekeeping force “deliberately targeted by Israeli armed forces”. On Saturday, he revealed “its grave concern about the intensification of Israeli attacks in Lebanon and its dramatic impact on civilians”and at the same time asking Hezbollah to do so “stop immediately” attacked Israel, repeating his call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
