Emmanuel Macron and his advisers seem intent on taking contortion to a new limit.
As soon as the French president says something that upsets the Tel Aviv establishment, his entourage twists itself into various uncomfortable positions while trying to strike a different tone.
When Israel announced that it is taking legal action against the alleged exclusion of its firms from the Euronaval arms fair, Macron’s team at the Élysée Palace denied that a “boycott” is taking place. The palace just opposes “any promotion of weapons used in Gaza and Lebanon, which cause unacceptable damage to the civilian population,” Macron’s office has said.
The awkward attempts to fudge important issues should not distract from how quite a few of Macron’s allies are ensconced in the pro-Israel lobby….more
