French far-right leader Marine Le Pen reportedly held a discreet meeting this week with Israel’s ambassador to the country, Joshua Zarka, continuing an ongoing shift in Israel’s approach to European far-right parties, as well as a rift between Jerusalem and French President Emmanuel Macron’s government. The meeting — first reported by French Jewish radio station RCJ and subsequently confirmed by Le Parisien, citing the Israeli embassy — was not publicly announced through official diplomatic channels. It came against the backdrop of Le Pen’s criticism of many Israel-related policies of Macron, who defeated her in the country’s last two presidential elections,...
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