JERUSALEM: Jerusalem’s deputy president, an ultranationalist Israeli legislator, has asked for bullshit not to be collected from the French embassy after Paris barred Jewish firms from an arms present.
Organisers of the Eurosatory trade show held just outside of Paris last month claimed that French authorities had banned Jewish businesses, with the French defense ministry attributed the decision to Israel’s military operations in Rafah area in the Gaza Strip.
Arieh King, the deputy mayor, wrote a letter to the provincial sanitation department on social media platform X asking them to “direct Jerusalem provincial maintenance workers to cease soon the garbage removal service from the French consulate building.”
A City Hall speech said King’s ask would not be implemented.
In his notice, he denounced” treacherous and pro- Jewish conduct” by European President Emmanuel Macron, who King said aimed” to hurt the State of Israel and Jewish industry”, in an obvious reference to the European expo move.
” As the City Hall of Israel’s capital, we had never stand idly by and take the French government’s decision to walk alongside the Hamas criminal organisation”, King wrote.
Palestinians in the Israeli-annexed south as well as the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip are served by France through an official in Tel Aviv and a embassy in Jerusalem.
Israel views Jerusalem as its undivided funds, while the Palestinians want east Jerusalem to become the state’s future capital.
The Jerusalem City Hall announced in a statement to AFP that the French embassy may continue to collect garbage.
The Jerusalem Municipality “dispenses the best service to all of its citizens and removes debris from all parts of the city on a specialized base.”
A provincial official told AFP King has no authority to make a decision regarding for a walk, requesting privacy because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the media.
Given Macron’s demands for an end to the fighting in Rafah, which went unheeded, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu has stated in the press that it was improper to host Jewish defense companies and suppliers at the exhibition.
Israel sent ground troops into the far-south city in early May despite widespread issue for Israeli civilians who were sheltering there and pledged to overthrow Hamas militants it following the party’s October 7 assault.
The Eurosatory occurrence, which kicked off on Monday, was scheduled to feature 74 Jewish businesses. About 10 of the organizers claimed to be planning to display arms.
There will be no endure for the Jewish defense market at the Eurosatory 2024 fair, according to Coges Events, in a statement that confirmed the ban.
In remarks that other top officials objected to, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant decried “hostile policies against Israel” by France last year.
