As the French far right makes big gains in that country’s parliamentary elections, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) has indicated that the current Israeli leadership would be happy to see National Rally leader Marine Le Pen eventually become president.
Speaking this morning with the Kan public broadcaster, Chikli notes Le Pen’s support for Israel and her recent participation in a march against antisemitism, when President Emmanuel Macron did not show up. The anti-immigration Le Pen has been making efforts to reverse her party’s deep history of antisemitism.
“It is excellent for Israel that she will be the president of France, with 10 exclamation marks,” he says.
Asked whether his party leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, agrees, Chikli says: “I think I and Netanyahu are of the same opinion.”
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