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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Israeli leaders and cabinet members congratulated “friend of Israel” French President Emmanuel Macron for his presidential election victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday. Macron won around 58 percent of the vote in the second round of the election, seeing him win another term as president. The centrist has defended Israel against claims of being an apartheid state and is a strong ally of many of Israel’s regional allies, such as the UAE and Egypt. “I have no doubt that the ties between Israel and France will continue to grow stronger,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett wrote…