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Posted on May 22, 2025
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France rejects Israeli claims of antisemitic incitement by European officials, calling them unjustified. Tensions rise amid Israel's Gaza actions.
PARIS (Reuters) -France rejects Israeli comments accusing some European officials of antisemitic incitement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine told reporters at a weekly news conference, adding these comments were "unjustified and outrageous".
"France has condemned, France condemns and France will continue to condemn always and without ambiguity all antisemitic acts," he said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials on Thursday of "toxic antisemitic incitement" he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington took place.
Israel has faced a blizzard of criticism from Europe of late as it has intensified its military campaign in Gaza, where humanitarian groups have warned that an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid supplies has left the Palestinian enclave on the brink of famine.
(Reporting by John Irish, Writing by Dominique VidalonEditing by GV De Clercq and Peter Graff)
France has condemned, France condemns and France will continue to condemn always and without ambiguity all antisemitic acts.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials of 'toxic antisemitic incitement'.
He blamed the accusations for a hostile climate that contributed to the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff.
Israel has faced a blizzard of criticism from Europe as it has intensified its military campaign in Gaza.
Humanitarian groups have warned about the impact of an 11-week Israeli blockade on aid supplies to Gaza.
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