Fabius moves to appease Israel after Netanyahu request

‘French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has expressed Paris’ opposition to any boycott of the Tel Aviv regime as tensions rise between the two sides over plans by a French firm to withdraw its brand from Israel.

“Although it is for the president of the Orange group to determine the commercial strategy of the company, France is firmly opposed to a boycott of Israel,” Fabius said in a statement released on Friday.

The top French diplomat, however, said that the position of France and the European Union (EU) on Israel’s illegal settler units is “consistent and widely known.”

The EU and France have previously criticized the Israeli regime for its illegal settlement expansion in the Palestinian territories it has occupied since 1967.’

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