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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Macron shouts at Israeli policeman to leave French church on Via Dolorosa
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrench President Emmanuel Macron becomes visibly angry at Israeli police during a visit at the Church of Saint Anne on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem’s Old City, which is French territory. He orders the police officers out of the site.
The scene is reminiscent of an incident that involved Jacques Chirac in the 1990s, a French official tells AFP.
It is not immediately clear what sparked the French president’s ire.
“We know perfectly — everybody knows the rules. I don’t like what you did in front of me,” he is heard yelling at an officer in a video of the incident.
Coup de colère de #Macron contre la police israélienne à Jérusalem. Dans les pas de Chirac en 1996 pic.twitter.com/DKP5ICThTK
— Ava Djamshidi (@AvaDjamshidi) January 22, 2020
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