Israel National News reports: “France continues to take steps against Israel. The country is currently considering opening an embassy in Palestinian Authority-controlled territory and allowing the PA to open an embassy in Paris after it recognizes a Palestinian state next month, President Emmanuel Macron’s Middle Eastern affairs advisor, Ofer Bronchtein, told Israel’s Channel 12.

Bronchtein added an especially inflammatory remark when he claimed that ‘October 7th would not have happened if there were a Palestinian state, since the stability derived from such a state would have prevented the disaster.’

He claimed that ‘the war must end and the hostages must return home. Things must happen in the region, but the war will not allow for normalization between Israel and other countries. We are trying to prevent Israel from going into Gaza City and escalating the situation. There is no security or military justification for it, and it is not the way to free hostages.’

The advisor made an implicit threat when he said that Paris hopes ‘not to have to impose sanctions’ on Israel…”