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Israel expected to oppose Macron plan for European force to replace UNIFIL, source tells 'Post'

The French initiative is moving forward as Macron confronts growing political, economic, and social turmoil at home.

|ByIDAN KWELLER
Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Diodato Abagnara of the Italian Army reviews the troops at the UNIFIL base, near Mansouri, Southern Lebanon, September 19, 2026.
French President Emmanuel Macron visits Lebanon, September 2020

Macron undermined Israel and defied the US, then asked for a Lebanon role - comment

France failed at the one job that it had: to earn the trust of the party it claims to want to help reach peace. And now it can't get the role of brokering peace talks.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
People react at the scene where a rocket, fired from Lebanon, damaged a residential apartment building when it landed in Israel, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Yam, northern Israel, October 8, 2024.

IDF: As northern security improves, need to discuss practicalities of residents returning to border

For much of the war, 60,000 displaced residents of the North slammed the government for forgetting them while the country's attention focused on Gaza, the South, and the hostages.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna attends a joint news conference with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku, Azerbaijan April 27, 2023.

French FM: Lebanon must work to prevent war with Israel

Israel and Hezbollah fighters have been trading fire along the frontier on an almost daily basis since the war in Gaza erupted more than two months ago, in the worst hostilities since 2006.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Gunmen open fire on French police in Marseille during prime minister's visit

Elite police troops were being sent to the scene, in the northern suburbs of the Mediterranean port city, after the shots, the source said by telephone.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
Police officers in France

French Ambassador dismisses rumors of resolution against Hezbollah

Ambassador Paoli: 'There is no French conspiracy against any political party.'

FEBRUARY 7, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva underway

Anti-terror patrol soldiers stabbed outside French Jewish center

Three French soldiers were lightly injured and police detained the attacker.

FEBRUARY 3, 2015ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Police are seen outside a Jewish Community center, where two French soldiers were attacked and wounded in a knife attack in Nice February 3, 2015.

United Nations Security Council condemns death of Spanish peacekeeper by Israeli fire

Earlier in the day Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman called his Spanish counterpart to express his condolences.

JANUARY 29, 2015ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Smoke rises from shells fired from Israel over al-Wazzani area in southern Lebanon

French aliya: Romance vs reality

In the face of these threats, French Jews are following the classic response patterns.

JANUARY 21, 2015ByPINCHAS LANDAU
A woman holds a sign reading "I am Charlie" during a tribute for the victims of the Paris shootings, in Ottawa.

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says terrorists damage Islam more than cartoons

Hassan Nasrallah said what he called "takfiri terrorist groups" had insulted Islam more than "even those who have attacked the messenger of God."

JANUARY 9, 2015ByREUTERS
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah