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Israel’s Netanyahu lashes out at France’s Macron, Australian PM Albanese

This combination of pictures shows France's President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right [File: Ludovic Marin and Ohad Zwigenberg/AFP]

A diplomatic row between Israel and Paris has broken out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling “the anti-Semitic fire” in France by planning to recognise Palestinian statehood.

Netanyahu’s accusation against the French leader was contained in a letter, seen by the AFP news agency on Tuesday, which claimed that anti-Semitism had “surged” in France since President Macron’s recent announcement that he will recognise Palestine as a state at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly next month.

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