In the weeks leading to the EU parliament and the French parliamentary elections, Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli of the Likud Party openly supported Macron's rival, far-right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen....On Monday, former Israeli minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Jews in France to flee to Israel after a left-wing coalition won in the elections.

"I appeal to all Jews in France: Come and live in Israel!" Lieberman said on X. He said Jean-Luc Melenchon, a prominent leader of the French left-wing New Popular Front alliance, "became famous with quite a few statements against Jews and the State of Israel."