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Macron made ‘moral mistake’ – Netanyahu

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The Israeli prime minister has slammed the French president for accusing him of bombing civilians in Gaza, insisting he is doing ‘everything to minimize harm’.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Western leaders not to bow to pressure from those calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying that French President Emmanuel Macron “made a mistake” by calling for the IDF to stop bombing civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

During a press conference on Saturday, Netanyahu said that Israel was “truly doing everything to minimize harm to civilians” but would not give Hamas “a license” to murder its citizens without a response, according to the Times of Israel.

On Friday, Macron told the BBC that he “clearly condemns” the Hamas attack on Israel. However, he also said that “de facto – today – civilians are bombed,” pointing out that “there is no reason for that and no legitimacy,” urging Israel to stop. He added that a humanitarian ceasefire was the only solution to protect all civilians in Gaza.

Commenting on Macron’s remarks, Netanyahu said that “he made a serious mistake, factually and morally. It is Hamas preventing the evacuation of civilians, not Israel.”

He argued that Hamas was firing on the safe corridor set up to evacuate northern Gazans, and using the enclave’s population as human shields. Netanyahu claimed that while Hamas militants were targeting and slaughtering Israeli civilians, they were also hiding behind ordinary Palestinians, committing double war crimes.

“If we sanctify this method of the terrorists, that they can situate themselves in the middle of the civilian population… then we guarantee that these things will continue to spread,” he said, addressing the French president and all other leaders.

On the same day as Macron’s statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said “far too many” Palestinians had died in Israel’s retaliation against Hamas militants in Gaza and noted that Washington was trying to convince West Jerusalem to impose longer “humanitarian pauses,” without giving details.

On October 7, Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking hostage 240, according to Israeli officials. In response, Netanyahu declared the country to be at war, launching massive air strikes and a ground operation in Gaza. Palestinian officials say the death toll on their side has exceeded 11,000, with the majority being children and women.

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  1. french government key positions:
    Alexis kohler, general secretary Elysée ( mother israelian)
    Ms Borne, prime minister, née Bornstein
    Ms Braun-Pivet, speaker at the Parliament, j*****,
    Gabriel Attal, minister of education, J*****
    Laurent Fabius ( j**), conseil constitutionel and one of his son ” employee mckinsey” advise government a.o. ” policies covid 19) his other son is a criminal

    The list is not exhautive. And of course Macron ex employee of rothchild, probably controlled by Kohler .
    You cannot mention any of the above in france as you will be accused of ” anti- semitism” ( it still work as politicians are gutless).
    In France was yesterday (nov.11) a march against anti semitsm” organized first by braun pivet and where the government and politicians participated

  2. Tim Black in Spiked

    “Every dead Palestinian is useful for Hamas. Just consider the explosion at the al-Alhi Arab hospital earlier this week. This was immediately held up by Hamas spokespeople as proof of Israeli war crimes. They claimed that 500 innocent people had died in the blast. Yet it now seems likely that Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another Islamist terror group, was responsible. All too often, rockets fired at Israel fall short of their targets and end up killing Gazans instead. But this is of no concern to Hamas, which can exploit and weaponise these deaths to its own abhorrent ends.”

    “Despite Western sympathisers’ attempts to downplay this horrific ‘tactic’, or to dismiss it as Israeli propaganda, Hamas has always been open about it. As one of its leaders boasted in 2008: ‘For the Palestinian people, death has become an industry… The elderly excel at this, and so do… the children. This is why they have formed human shields of the women and children.’ ”

    https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/10/19/hamas-is-the-enemy-of-the-palestinians/

    I’ve even heard some Brit try and say that the atrocity on October 7th didn’t really happen. Stunning how effective propaganda is and how deep the anti-semitism runs. It warps.

  3. “On October 7, Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking hostage 240…”

    “People?” Say it. Of those 1200, Jewish women and children were deliberately (emphasis on deliberately) targeted for rape and slaughter in the most barbaric manner. Horrifyingly medieval according to journalists who’ve seen the footage.

    Women and children in Gaza are NOT the target of IDF. Hamas DO use women and children as human shields.

    Those are statements of fact.

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