French opposition calls on Macron to expel Israeli ambassador

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French President Emmanuel Macron makes a speech during a high-level international conference at United Nations Headquarters focused on resolving the Palestine issue and advancing a two-state solution on September 22, 2025 in New York, United States. [Celal Güneş – Anadolu Agency]

French opposition party La France Insoumise (LFI) on Friday called on President Emmanuel Macron to expel Israel’s ambassador to France following the attack on Global Sumud Flotilla, Anadolu reports.

In an interview with broadcaster RTL, LFI parliamentary leader Mathilde Panot “solemnly called on Emmanuel Macron to expel the Israeli ambassador to France.”

Underlining that it is “not acceptable” to host the representative of a state “committing genocide,” Panot said that the Israeli ambassador “has no place” in France anymore.

“It is no longer acceptable to allow on our soil a representative of a state that has, on three occasions, illegally kidnapped a legitimate mission,” she said.

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Panot further said that France “is doing absolutely nothing” to protect the flotilla.

Israeli naval forces attacked and seized vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla on Thursday and Friday, and detained more than 450 activists from over 50 countries. The flotilla had been attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and challenge Israel’s blockade of the enclave.

The flotilla is an international initiative to break the blockade on Gaza, home to nearly 2.4 million people, imposed by Israel for almost 18 years.

Since October 2023, Israeli bombardments have killed nearly 66,300 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in the enclave and rendered it uninhabitable.

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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
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Genocide denier and Current UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quoted that he supports Zionism without qualification. He also confirms that UK air force support has been essential in Israel’s mass-murdering genocide. Includes URLs https://www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmers-100-spy-flights-over-gaza-in-support-of-israel/ and https://youtu.be/O74hZCKKdpA
Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide.
Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.

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Spanish PM: Netanyahu doing in Palestine what Putin does in Ukraine

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez makes a speech during the Socialist International Council Meeting held at a hotel in Besiktas district of Istabul, Turkiye on May 24, 2025. [Beyza Cömert – Anadolu Agency]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez accused Israel on Wednesday of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, stating that Europe is not doing enough to stop it.

Speaking before the Spanish parliament, Sánchez compared the actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to those of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. 

He said: “No one that tramples on the EU’s founding principles – or that uses hunger and war to annihilate a legitimate state – can be a partner of the European Union,”       

Sánchez warned that Netanyahu’s actions would be remembered as “one of the darkest chapters of the 21st century.”   

He went on to say that “The harrowing images of children searching for their families under the rubble or dying of hunger in tents should not only move and shame us, they should compel the international community — and Europe in particular — to act.”

Sánchez also noted that Spain and Ireland were the first to request a review by the European Union in February 2024 of whether Israel is complying with the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

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