The French president Emmanuel Macron he will go on Tuesday to Tel-Aviv where he will meet mainly with the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahuannounced the Elysee on Sunday evening.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced a little earlier on the X platform (formerly Twitter) the upcoming visit of the French president to Israel on Tuesday and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday.
The visit of the French president takes place two weeks after deadly attacks by Palestinian Hamas on Israeli soil that killed at least 1,400 people, including 30 French citizens. Also seven French people continue to be reported as missing: a young woman is held hostage, and “for the other six there is a possibility of a hostage but no certainty“, Macron had stated.
US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have already traveled to Israel, as well as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday.
For his part, Macron reiterated on Friday that he would go to the Middle East if he could get useful information about the region thanks to the trip.
He cited then, among these elements, the security of Israel, the fight against all terrorist organizations, the non-escalation of the conflict and the resumption of a political process towards a two-state solution, Israeli and Palestinian.
The French president expressed full support for Israelis, their right to self-defense but also called for an Israeli response aimed at Hamas in Gaza to save Palestinian civilians.
Joe Biden discussed the war between Hamas and Israel by phone Sunday night with Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Olaf Scholz, Georgia Meloni and Rishi Sunak.
Source: News Beast
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