JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday slammed the “hypocritical and mendacious moralising” remarks of French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who warned of possible “long-lasting apartheid” in Israel.
Speaking about clashes between Jews and Arabs that erupted in several Israeli cities during the latest conflict with Gaza, Le Drian said the “risk of apartheid is high” without an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
“If in the future we had a solution other than the two-state solution, we would have the ingredients of long-lasting apartheid,” Le Drian told RTL radio and Le Figaro newspaper in a Sunday interview.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu expressed his “sharp protest” against the French government, following Le Drian’s “outrageous” remarks.
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