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Yves Le Drian is one of the first senior French officials to use the term “apartheid” in reference to Israel. The Israei foreign ministry said Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi summoned the French ambassador, Eric Danon, to tell him that Le Drian’s comments were “unacceptable, unfounded and far from reality and Israel completely rejects them. Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi this week summoned France’s ambassador to Israel for a dressing down over remarks made by French Foreign M...

French Ambassador to Israel Eric Danon in 2019 (Courtesy Foreign Ministry) Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi summoned the French ambassador to Israel for a dressing down on Thursday over remarks made by his country’s foreign minister, after the latter accused Israel of sliding toward apartheid. The diplomatic spate came in the wake of an 11-day clash between Israel and terror groups in the Gaza Strip. As Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired thousands of rocket at Israeli cities and communities, Israel...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends the ceremony of the 2nd Indo-French Professional Meetings for the Film and Television Industry, in Mumbai, India, December 14, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo. i24 News – Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned France’s Ambassador to Israel Eric Danon to address comments made by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian regarding the risk of “long-lasting apartheid” in the Jewish state. “Israel is a democrati...

According to Netanyahu, Le Drians statements were "cheeky, false and baseless." Netanyahu said, "In Israel all citizens are equal before the law, no matter their ethnicity. This is how it always has been, and always will be. We wont tolerate lies or hypocritical, moral preaching on the matter." The disputed issue of apartheid in the Palestinian territories re-surfaced earlier this year after both the leading Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch issued reports stating t...

May 27, 2021 Israel summoned the French ambassador on Thursday in protest over French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s statement that the Jewish state’s policies toward the Palestinians risked a “long-lasting apartheid.”  The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told Ambassador Eric Danon that Le Drian’s comments were “unacceptable, baseless, far from the reality and Israel rejects them out of hand.” “Israel expects its friend...

The Biden administration has decided it will not renew a waiver that allowed a politically connected US oil company to operate in northeast Syria under president Donald Trump’s pledge to “keep the oil” produced in the region, according to a US official familiar with the decision. Treasury Department rules prohibit most US companies from doing business in Syria. The waiver for Delta Crescent Energy was issued in April 2020, months after Trump announced that he wanted to keep some US troops...