French President Emmanuel Macron shouts at Israeli security officers in an altercation in Jerusalem
Macron, who is in Jerusalem to attend a large Holocaust remembrance event on Thursday, was visiting the Church of Saint Anne, which belongs to the French government and is considered to be French territory, when he was filmed admonishing the security officers for apparently trying to follow him into the church."Everybody knows the rules. I don't like what you did in front of me. Go outside!" Macron was seen shouting.
Macron is in Jerusalem to attend a large Holocaust remembrance event on Thursday.Israeli officials described the incident between Israeli and French security officers as a"discussion" and said the visit had passed off according to plan."Based on the terms agreed upon ahead of time, an Israel Security Agency guard and a policeman escorted the French president and his delegation inside," a joint police and ISA statement read.
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