French president says decision coming “in days” as Brazil’s Lula accuses Israel of “premeditated genocide” in joint press conference.
French President Emmanuel Macron signaled that France may soon toughen its stance on Israel, citing ongoing concerns over the war in Gaza, i24NEWS reported on Thursday.
Speaking alongside Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Élysée Palace, Macron said France would decide “in the coming days” whether to escalate its response and implement “concrete measures” against Israel.
The comments come amid rising diplomatic tensions between France and Israel. Macron’s increasingly vocal criticism of Israel’s military operations has drawn strong rebuke from Jerusalem, which accuses the French president of siding with Hamas and spreading falsehoods about humanitarian conditions in Gaza.