Hollande asked Netanyahu not to arrive at the Paris March, the media says
The head of the French Republic fran?ois Hollande asked the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu not to come to Paris to participate in the March against terrorism, said on Sunday, a source involved in the dialogues between the ?lys?e Palace And the office of the Prime Minister.
Advisor on national security Hollande Jacques Tiber contacted his Israeli counterpart Yossi Cohen And gave him that Hollande chose not to see Netanyahu on this March, informs. About this message Also mentioned.
Tiber explained this by the fact that Hollande does not want to shift the focus from the expression of solidarity of world leaders with France on other high-profile issues As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The source also stressed that the French feared that Netanyahu uses this March As an excuse to allow the election campaign And cast of campaign speeches, for example, directed to the Jews of France.
As they say, first, Netanyahu gave in response to the request: on the first day of the weekend in the evening it was announced that the Prime Minister is flying to France because of confidentiality requirements And will visit the country on Tuesday to participate in the activities of the Jewish community. Soon, the foreign Minister of Israel Avigdor Liberman And Minister of the economy Naftali Bennett said that he would visit Paris March, Netanyahu then changed his mind.
Tiber, As they say, told Cohen that a similar behavior of the premiere will adversely affect the relationship of a pair of countries, And in this case, Such an invitation will target the head of the Palestinian national authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas. And, in truth, Abbas first announced that he would not go to Paris because of the bad weather, but after a couple of hours issued a notice Of intention to attend the March.
According to the press during the event in the synagogue of Paris, Hollande went, when it was the turn Netanyahu to speak. Sources in the office of the Israeli Prime Minister told the newspaper that first visit, Netanyahu could " cause confusion " due to security issues, but they do not tie his trip with the participation of Abbas in the procession.
according to various estimates, from 1, 2 to 1, 6 million people participated in the " national March " against terrorism, which was held on Sunday in Paris. Side by side were the head of the French Republic, fran?ois Hollande, Prime Minister of great Britain, D. Cameron, Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu And the head of the Palestinian national authority Mahmoud Abbas and the leaders of the European Union Jean-Claude Juncker And Martin Schulz.
A series of terrorist acts And PE began in France in the Wednesday morning attack on the edition of Charlie Hebdo. 3 days died 17 people, and among them three police officers. In the process 2 special operations on the last working day of the week, three terrorists were killed.
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