On video: the President of France to Speaker of the Knesset Ohana: "We warned France not to attack Israel"/Nathan Will Knesset spokeswoman
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana met tonight (Thursday) at the Elysee Palace with French President Emmanuel Macron, as part of his diplomatic visit to France and Germany, where he also met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In the conversation, Macron clarified that Iran had been warned against a retaliatory attack in Israel. On the other hand, Ohana clarified: "There is no scenario in which Israel will not deal with the Hamas battalions in Rafah. The proposals to impose an embargo on Israel and unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state are a victory for Hamas terrorism."
The meeting dealt with the continuation of the fighting in the Gaza Strip with an emphasis on the operation expected to take place against the Hamas battalions in Rafah, the humanitarian aid that Israel provides, the possibility of a military campaign against Hezbollah in the north and Iran's threats to act against Israel.
During the conversation, Ohana presented President Macron with the current situation and requested that he continue to stand by the State of Israel as he did immediately after the terrorist attack by Hamas.
"There is no scenario in which Israel refrains from dealing with the four Hamas battalions that are in Rafah, otherwise, this would mean that Hamas is left in Gaza so that it can repeat the oath in October as they declare. There is an operative plan to evacuate the population from the area, while taking care of the humanitarian issues, just as we did in the north of the Gaza Strip With the start of the fighting," Ohana promised.
Regarding the issue of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the Speaker of the Knesset said: "If there is hunger in Gaza, it is in the tunnels with our captors. Since the beginning of the war, Israel has brought hundreds of thousands of tons of humanitarian aid into the Strip - food, medicine and more, and this despite the protest and opposition of many in the Israeli public opinion; That is why the claims that Israel does not bring in aid are absurd. So far, over 20,000 trucks carrying 417,000 tons of aid have entered the Strip. In some cases, Hamas robs them from its citizens with violence."
Later, the two also discussed Iran's threats to respond: "We are approaching the moment of truth vis-à-vis Iran. The free world must not allow Iran to exit the war as it entered it. The Ayatollahs' regime - which even at this time is actually threatening to attack Israel - is not only Israel's enemy but The enemy of the free world."
According to him, "The rule of the Ayatollahs is the enemy of the values of freedom and the enemy of the peace that Israel worked for against the Arab countries - something that Hamas tried to stop on 7/10. The history books are being written as we speak. The whole world is watching the clash of civilizations approaching towards us and at this moment we must decide: how we want our countries and we will be remembered in them?".
As for the northern arena, the Speaker of the Knesset said: "Those who are disturbed by the possibility of an all-out war should do one thing - get Hezbollah to move away from the border in order to remove the threat to the safety and security of the residents of the north. No citizen in France would agree to live under such a threat - the same is true in Israel. This reality will change through diplomatic, military means or a combination of the two."