2024-10-07 15:35:49
Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://time.news/elon-musk-visits-israel-after-controversy-over-anti-semitism/" title="Elon Musk visits Israel after controversy over anti-Semitism”>Benjamin Netanyahu said in a telephone conversation today with French President Emmanuel Macron that his country expects support from France “not restrictions”, a day after Macron called for a halt to arms supplies to Israel, AFP reported.
“We expect Israel’s friends to support it and not impose restrictions on it, which will only strengthen the Iranian axis of evil,” Netanyahu said, referring to the French president’s call for an end to arms supplies to Israel. Netanyahu also called his country’s offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon “an opportunity to change the reality in Lebanon in favor of stability, security and peace in the entire region,” his office said in a statement.
Emmanuel Macron, for his part, has indicated the need for a cease-fire in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, the Bef Em Te Ve TV channel reported, citing a statement from the Elysée Palace, BTA reports.
“The president of the republic told the Israeli prime minister that the time has come for a ceasefire,” the channel quoted an excerpt from the statement.
The French presidential administration emphasized that “during their long conversation, Macron and Netanyahu frankly discussed the situation in the Middle East, taking into account the friendly nature of relations between France and Israel.” “The leaders of the two countries acknowledge the existence of differences in views, but at the same time state their desire to be understood by each other,” the Elysée Palace added.