Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call that the creation of a Palestinian state would "be a huge reward" for terrorism. Macron, who last week said his country may recognise such a state, for his part said the suffering of Gaza civilians "must end" and that only a ceasefire will secure the release of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in the enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday that the establishment of a Palestinian state would be a "huge reward for terrorism".
Macron, meanwhile, posted on X that he had told Netanyahu the suffering of civilians in Gaza "must end" and only a ceasefire in the war with Hamas would free the remaining Israeli hostages in the territory.
A statement released by Netanyahu's office said the two leaders spoke by phone and the Israeli prime minister expressed to the French president his "strong opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state, stating that it would be a huge reward for terrorism".
For his part, the French president said he told Netanyahu that "the ordeal the civilian populations of Gaza are going through must end", and called for "the opening of all humanitarian aid crossings" into the besieged Palestinian territory.
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