“Israel has not been attacked”: the ex-ambassador of Israel denounces a position of Macron breaking with the Gaullian doctrine

ByMuhammad

On BFMTV, Éric Danon, a former ambassador of Israel to France, openly criticized the latest press release from the Élysée, seeing a worrying turning point in French foreign policy. “There may be an implicit change of doctrine in the words of the president. He will have to confirm it, because I am not sure that it is voluntary ”he said.

What challenges him is the affirmation that “Israel has the right to defend oneself”even though, according to him, “Israel has not been attacked”. A formulation which comes into direct contradiction with the doctrine established by General de Gaulle in 1967, which posed a clear rule: “ Whoever attacks the first cannot be supported. »»

“Israel attacks, and the general said: I do not support Israel. There, Israel attacks first, and the President of the Republic affirms that Israel has the right to defend himself ”, notes Danon, thus emphasizing a clear break with the Gaullian heritage. A rare criticism, coming from an ancient Israeli diplomat, which highlights the growing alignment of the French executive with the positions of Tel Aviv, even when these violate the traditional principles of French diplomacy.

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