Israel readies furious response to Macron

France is bracing for Israel to hit back hard after President Emmanuel Macron recognizes Palestinian statehood alongside other countries on Monday at the United Nations General Assembly.

1news.media reports citing Politico , according to two European officials and a person familiar with the Israeli government’s thinking, who like others quoted in this piece were granted anonymity to candidly discuss a sensitive geopolitical issue, Israel is preparing multiple options. Those could include accelerating West Bank annexations; closing the French consulate in Jerusalem; and encroaching on French-owned territory in Israel, such as the Sanctuary of the Eleona, a Christian pilgrimage site.

Israeli police last year entered the complex on the Mount of Olives, which is home to a large monastery, sparking a diplomatic incident between the two countries.