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Macron warns Netanyahu 'the fight against anti-Semitism cannot be exploited'

Benjamin Netanyahu and Emmanuel Macron at a joint press conference in Jerusalem, 24 October, 2023. AP - Christophe Ena

In a letter to the Israeli prime minister published on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that France is fuelling anti-Semitism through its planned recognition of the Palestinian state.

In the letter, published by French newspaper Le Monde, Macron said Netanyahu's claims of French inaction against anti-Semitism were "unacceptable and offensive to France as a whole", and warned Israel’s leader against a "murderous headlong rush" in Gaza.

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