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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 652

France-Lebanon relations

French policemen escort Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (C), a Lebanese terrorist sentenced to life in prison for the murder of two diplomats, one American and the other Israeli, as Abdallah leaves Pau's Courthouse, southwestern France, on February 18, 2010. (Jean-Louis Duzert / AFP)
February 20, 2025, 8:19 pm
French court postpones decision on freeing Lebanese terrorist who killed diplomats
Court says Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, jailed in 1982 for murdering US and Israeli diplomats, hasn’t shown proof he’s compensated his victims’ families, amid repeated refusals to pay
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a video addressed to the Lebanese people posted on X, September 20, 2024. (X screenshot)
September 22, 2024, 11:02 pm
Macron says France stands by Lebanon, calls to deescalate, doesn’t mention Hezbollah
In video to Lebanese people, French president says he has spoken with regional leaders, mentions ‘grief for all civilian victims of attacks’ in Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows over the southern Lebanese village of Shihine on the border with Israel during an Israeli airstrike on January 22, 2024. (Kawnat Haju/AFP)
January 23, 2024, 2:15 pm
Hezbollah fires rocket barrage at Israel, causes slight damage to key IDF base
Terror group says strike on air traffic control base is in response to ‘recent assassinations and repeated attacks on civilians’ in Lebanon and Syria; no injuries
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi meets several chiefs of staff on the sidelines of a conference at the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv, September 15, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 17, 2022, 9:54 pm
IDF chief Kohavi heads to France and Poland to discuss Iranian threat, Hezbollah
Military head to meet French and Polish counterparts during official visit, amid heightened tensions on northern border with Iran-backed terror group ramping up threats
By Emanuel Fabian
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) greets French President Emmanuel Macron (left) upon his arrival in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 4, 2021. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
December 4, 2021, 6:11 pm
France’s Macron meets Saudi crown prince in Gulf tour focused on Iran, Lebanon
French president talks about nuclear deal with Arab allies as France announces major warplanes deal with UAE
By Aya Batrawy
This combination of file pictures created on August 9, 2021, shows French President Emmanuel Macron and Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi. (Stephane De Sakutin and Atta Kenare/Various Sources/AFP)
August 9, 2021, 8:03 pm
Iran’s Raisi urges Macron to guarantee Tehran’s ‘rights’ in nuclear deal talks
In first phone call with a Western leader, Islamic Republic’s new president also says his country is serious about ‘maintaining deterrence’ in Gulf waters
By Agencies
Defense Minister Benny Gantz is greeted by his French counterpart Florence Parly in Paris on July 28, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
July 29, 2021, 6:57 am
Gantz said to assure France that Macron’s phone not hacked with NSO spyware
During Paris visit, defense minister tells French counterpart that espionage allegations against Israeli firm being taken seriously; ministers also discuss Iran, weapons in Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz leads a Blue and White faction meeting at the Knesset on July 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2021, 10:34 am
Gantz heads to Paris to discuss NSO Group with French counterpart
Macron reportedly called Bennett last week to press Israel to investigate claims over Pegasus spyware, including that his phone may have been a target
By ToI Staff
This photo taken on April 3, 2021, shows an aerial view of Lebanon's capital Beirut in darkness during power outage, with the Electricite du Liban (Electricity Of Lebanon) national company headquarters in the foreground. (Dylan COLLINS / AFP)
July 13, 2021, 10:09 am
Foreign envoys frustrated with Lebanon’s rejection of reforms-for-aid deals
French source says politicians ‘incapable of placing the common good above personal interests,’ as economic crisis continues to spiral
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, left, meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 6, 2021, 1:23 pm
French FM visits ailing Lebanon with message of ‘great firmness’
Jean-Yves Le Drian says Paris’s measures against ruling class’s corruption are just the beginning, amid efforts to save country from economic, political crises
By AP
An anti-government protester holds a placard, as she looks at a Lebanese army soldier, during a protest against the political leadership they blame for the economic and financial crisis, near the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, March. 27, 2021. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
March 30, 2021, 3:54 pm
Getting personal, France ups pressure on Lebanon to end political deadlock
FM Jean-Yves Le Drian phones Lebanese president, acting PM and parliament speaker; urges them to end ‘blockage,’ form government
By Agencies
Illustrative: Hezbollah operatives stand in formation at a rally to mark Jerusalem Day, or Al-Quds Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 29, 2020, 6:42 am
Defying Macron, Hezbollah says it will continue to fight Israel
After French leader blasts terror group for political demands that prevented formation of Lebanese government, organization says his threats of sanctions are ‘unacceptable’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib speaks with journalists after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, September 14, 2020. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
September 16, 2020, 9:50 pm
Warnings of chaos as Lebanon misses deadline to assemble government
France says ‘not yet too late’ to form cabinet to deal with national crisis, after Beirut fails to meet obligation to Paris to do so within 15 days
By Zeina Karam
Lebanese men watch Hassan Nasrallah, head of the country's Shiite terror group Hezbollah group, during a televised speech, at a coffee shop in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, on August 30, 2020, (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
September 8, 2020, 8:13 am
In crisis-hit Lebanon, Paris and Washington at odds over Hezbollah
Whereas the US sees the terror organization as hindering much-needed government reform, France has shown a willingness to work with the political arm of the Iran-backed group
By Layal Abou Rahal
French President Emmanuel Macron (C), flanked on his right by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, visits the devastated site of the explosion at the Beirut port on August 6, 2020. (Thibault Camus/Pool/AFP)
August 28, 2020, 11:05 pm
Macron warns Lebanon risks new civil war if not helped
Paris impatient over lack of progress in forming new government to undertake reform following deadly Beirut blast
By AFP
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