Macron: Netanyahu’s rejection of Lebanon ceasefire proposal “wrong”

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that it would be a “mistake” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “reject” a ceasefire proposal on the Israel-Lebanon border, as such a decision would make him ” responsible’ for possible escalation in the region. “The proposal made is a well established proposal. It didn’t happen out of thin air,” Mr Macron pointed out during a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal. The proposal was “prepared” and was “an object of negotiation” with “Prime Minister Netanyahu and his groups”, both “by the Americans” and “by ourselves”, explained the French president. “I think it would be a mistake on the part of the (Israeli) prime minister to refuse it, because he would be taking responsibility for a regional escalation, obviously the new victims in the ranks of civilians in Lebanon, as well as a possible further escalation, which will not one could limit,” he warned. “There is an absolute need to agree a ceasefire immediately,” the Canadian bid […]
Source: News Beast

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