The Israeli Foreign Minister wrote Yisrael Katzvia his account on the X website: “I have ordered Foreign Ministry employees to assist in taking legal measures and political activity against the French President’s decision.” Macron“.
He added that Israel It will not allow its subsidiaries to display their products at the Naval Arms Exhibition, which will open on Paris Next month.
The minister considered that “boycotting Israeli companies for the second time, or imposing unacceptable threshold conditions, are undemocratic and unacceptable steps among friendly countries, and I call on French President Macron to completely cancel them.”
He also said, “Israel stands alone at the forefront of the struggle against the Iranian axis of evil and extremist Islam, and France and the entire free world must stand by it – not move against it.”
Reuters quoted sources on Wednesday that France Israeli companies were prevented from participating in an upcoming naval-military trade fair, the latest incident highlighting the growing tension in relations between the two allied countries.
Paris has already banned participation Israeli companies At a military trade show earlier this year.
The Ministry of Defense said at the time that conditions were not suitable for companies to participate, while President Emmanuel Macron called on “Israel to halt operations in… Gaza“.
France’s decision comes at a time when… Israeli forces Numerous airstrikes and limited ground operations targeted the group Hezbollah In Lebanon.