France–Israel relations are the bilateral ties between the French Republic and the State of Israel. In the early 1950s, the two countries maintained close political and military ties. France was Israel's main weapons supplier until the French withdrawal from Algeria in 1962.

2 days ago · The cracks in the Israel-France relationship didn’t appear overnight, but October 7, 2023, was the tipping point. In a single, devastating Hamas attack, 1,200 Israelis were killed, and over 200 ...

Oct 16, 2024 · Israel's defence minister on Wednesday called French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ban Israeli firms from exhibiting at a naval arms show "a disgrace" and accused Paris of...

Oct 15, 2024 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged snipes Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron amid a public rift over Lebanon, where Israel is battling the Hezbollah terror group.

Oct 6, 2024 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone on Sunday, a day after the latter called for an arms embargo on Israel, sparking outrage in Jerusalem.

Oct 15, 2024 · PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron warned Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to "ignore United Nations decisions" during a weekly meeting with his ministers Tuesday, according to French media reports, confirmed by a participant in the meeting.

Dec 15, 2023 · Macron’s declarations come as France’s policies toward the Arab states are being particularly scrutinized by its Jewish and Muslim populations. Indeed, in the 1967 Six-Day War, France shocked...

Oct 25, 2023 · PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron sought to promote — with little success so far — the creation of an international coalition to fight the armed Palestinian group Hamas, during a two-day trip to the Middle East that started in Israel. Leaders he met with in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt didn’t publicly address the issue.

Sep 19, 2024 · France was among a handful of Israeli allies that voted in favour of a UN resolution demanding an end to Israel's occupation of Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year on Wednesday.

4 days ago · In 2024, relations between France and Israel further soured after Israeli companies were banned from participating in an arms trade fair outside Paris over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.