Minister, Netanyahu aid slap back at Macron with cheeky meme

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli and a media adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both tweet out nearly identical snotty tongue-in-cheek — or perhaps hand-at-cheek — responses to French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that Paris will recognize a Palestinian state in September.

“On behalf of the Government of Israel, here is our response to your recognition of a Palestinian state,” tweets Chikli above a gif of Macron getting slapped around by his wife, Brigitte Macron, as they visited Vietnam in May. He addresses the tweet to Macron.

Media adviser Jonatan Urich uses the same gif, declaring, “There’s only one state from the river to the sea.”

President @EmmanuelMacron,
On behalf of the Government of Israel, here is our response to your recognition of a Palestinian state. pic.twitter.com/5NV2tvYDui

— עמיחי שיקלי – Amichai Chikli (@AmichaiChikli) July 24, 2025

As for an official response, the government is still ostensibly slapping one together.