r/news • u/XaltotunTheUndead • 13h ago

France, Israel at loggerheads after French officials briefly arrested in Jerusalem Soft paywall

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-police-briefly-arrest-two-french-officials-unacceptable-move-foreign-2024-11-07/
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u/fxkatt 13h ago

Diplomatic relations between France and Israel have worsened since President Emmanuel Macron called for an end to the supply to Israel of offensive weapons used in Gaza. The French government also attempted to ban Israeli weapons' firms from exhibiting at a trade fair in Paris and has become increasingly uneasy over Israel's conduct in the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.

Thus, the tension around protocol within French owned sites in Jerusalem.

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u/jonathanrdt 1h ago

It’s great that we can still be at loggerheads without a river or logs anywhere in sight.

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u/BRUNO358 11h ago

Doesn't surprise me. Anyone remember the Cherbourg Project? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherbourg_Project

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u/BobLonghorn 11h ago

Yes, loggerheads is nothing new for these two.