French President Emmanuel Macron, during the closure of the Franco-Portugal Business Forum on Portugal on February 28, 2025. Credit Line: Christian Liewig / Bestimage / Profimedia
Yair Netanyahu, the son of the Prime Minister of Israel, attacked French President Emmanuel Macron, who had stated that Paris could recognize a Palestinian state in a few months, AFP reports.
“Go the hell!”, Wrote the son of Benjamin Netanyahu in English on the X platform.
“Yes to the independence of the new Caledonia! Yes to the independence of the French Polynesia! Yes to the independence of the Corsicii! Yes to the independence of the Basque country! Yes to the independence of the French guine,” added Yair Netanyahu, seeming to confuse it with French Guyana.
In an interview with France 5, Emmanuel Macron said that France could recognize a Palestinian state on the UN Conference in New York on June, mentioning that this step will trigger Israel recognition by Arab countries.
“We have to go for recognition and we will do this in the coming months,” said the French leader.
Macron seemed to nuance their statements, on the X platform, according to the criticisms from the right organizations in France.
“I support the legitimate law of Palestinians to a state, as they support the right of Israelis to live in peace and security,” wrote the French president, mentioning that both some and others must be “recognized by their neighbors.”
“I do everything they can with our partners to achieve this goal. We really need it,” stressed Emmanuel Macron.
Yair Netanyahu, 33, is currently living in Florida, according to the Israeli press.
Relationships between Israel and France have deteriorated in recent weeks.
Paris has long pleaded for the solution with two states in the case of the Israelo-Palestinian conflict-and did it after the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023.
However, a decision of the French authorities to formally recognize a Palestinian state would be a major policy change and risk to antagonize Israel, who claims that such foreign countries would be premature.
If he took this step, France would become the greatest European power that recognizes a Palestinian state.
Romania recognized Palestine on November 16, 1988, according to information on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
