https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked 75 years since the roundup of some 13,000 Jews to be sent to Nazi death camps, calling France's responsibility a "stark truth" and denouncing those who negate of minimise the state's role. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170716/macron-netanyahu-mark-75-years-since-paris-roundup-of-jews Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:58:01 +0200 macron-netanyahu-mark-75-years-since-paris-roundup-of-jews Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Paris on Sunday to mark the 75th anniversary of a notorious roundup of thousands of Jews, an invitation that has angered his critics. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170716/french-jews-slam-netanyahu-invite-to-paris-vel-dhiv-ceremony Sun, 16 Jul 2017 06:16:16 +0200 french-jews-slam-netanyahu-invite-to-paris-vel-dhiv-ceremony France warned on Sunday of "serious consequences" if Donald Trump moves to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital as representatives from 70 countries met in Paris to try to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170115/france-warns-trump-not-to-recognise-jerusalem-as-israeli-capital Sun, 15 Jan 2017 22:06:17 +0100 france-warns-trump-not-to-recognise-jerusalem-as-israeli-capital Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticised France's threat to recognise a Palestinian state if plans to renew peace efforts fail, arguing that it gives Palestinians no incentive to compromise. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160131/netanyahu-slams-french-plan-to-recognise-palestine Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:05:39 +0100 netanyahu-slams-french-plan-to-recognise-palestine After French telecoms giant Orange said it wanted to withdraw its brand from Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that Paris distance itself from the company's "miserable" decision. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150605/israel-sees-red-over-orange-partner Fri, 05 Jun 2015 10:59:06 +0200 israel-sees-red-over-orange-partner Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched with 1.5 million French people on Sunday, even though French authorities had asked him to stay away, reports in Israeli media claimed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150112/israel-pm-marches-in-paris-despite-french-no Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:34:00 +0100 israel-pm-marches-in-paris-despite-french-no Israel's Prime Minister has risked angering French leaders by telling the country's 500,000 Jewish population that "Israel is your home". The words are unlikely to be greeted well by France's PM who has tried to reassure Jews that they will be protected. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150111/netanyahu-to-french-jews-israel-is-your-home Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:13:00 +0100 netanyahu-to-french-jews-israel-is-your-home France will never tolerate nuclear proliferation, President Francois Hollande vowed on Sunday as he arrived in Israel for a visit set to be dominated by the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131118/frances-hollande-heads-to-israel-ahead-of-iran-talks Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:41:00 +0100 frances-hollande-heads-to-israel-ahead-of-iran-talks French President François Hollande has criticized Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu for transforming a memorial service for Jews slain by an Islamist gunman in southwestern France this year into a campaign meeting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121108/hollande-slams-netanyahu-for-memorial-electioneering Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:37:00 +0100 hollande-slams-netanyahu-for-memorial-electioneering Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to travel to France on Wednesday for talks with President François Hollande with the Iranian nuclear programme topping the agenda. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121030/netanyahu-to-speak-to-hollande-about-iran Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:57:00 +0100 netanyahu-to-speak-to-hollande-about-iran