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- Far from defending the Judeo-Christian values \u200b\u200bon which France, the West and Europe itself was founded — such as individual liberties, freedom of expression, separation of the church from the state and the judiciary, and equal justice under the law — President Macron recently launched an apology for Islam before Arab-Muslim dignitaries.<\/li>\n
- The balance of Macron’s recent frenetic trips to the Arab world: lavish contracts, apologetic words to Islamists, repentance of the French colonial past and silence on anti-Semitism and radical Islam. Meanwhile, in France, authorities were busy dismantling its Judeo-Christian heritage.<\/li>\n
- Macron’s special envoy for heritage, St\u00e9phane Bern, proposed charging a fee to enter French cathedrals and churches — as if they were museums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n
In Abu Dhabi, members of the victorious Israeli judo team<\/a> were recently made to mount the winners’ podium without their own anthem and flag. A few days later, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Abu Dhabi, where he denounced<\/a> as liars those who say that “that Islam is built by destroying the other monotheisms”.<\/i> Macron did not raise an eyebrow about the anti-Semitism and racism displayed by the Emirati authorities. Macron merely praised Islam in a country that punishes with death<\/a> those Muslims who convert to Christianity or profess atheism.<\/p>\n
At the French naval base in Abu Dhabi on November 8-9, addressing some businessmen, Macron insisted<\/a> on the importance of the alliance with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as an “essential partner with whom we share the same vision of the region and obvious common interests”. Such effusion seems more than the usual language of diplomacy. Macron is now showing a strategic empathy and commitment to the Arab-Islamic world. Is this statement a prelude to submission?<\/p>\n
Far from defending the Judeo-Christian values \u200b\u200bon which France, the West and Europe itself was founded — such as individual liberties, freedom of expression, separation of the church from the state and the judiciary, and equal justice under the law — Macron in the last few weeks launched an apology for Islam before Arab-Muslim dignitaries.<\/p>\n
On December 7, Macron went to Qatar<\/a>; next year, he will visit Iran on a trip that will make him the first French president<\/a> to visit the Islamic Republic since 1971. In Doha, Macron and Qatar signed contracts worth about 12 billion euros<\/a> ($14 billion). And there, in a country which openly promoted anti-Semitism<\/a> in its book fair, Macron repeated that he disapproved of US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.<\/p>\n
A few days later, at the United Nations, Macron’s ambassador voted with the Arab and Islamic regimes; it was a crude betrayal of Europe’s only democratic ally in the Middle East: Israel. In a single week, France<\/a> voted twice to support Arab-sponsored resolutions against the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, first at the UN Security Council<\/a> then at its General Assembly. As Israel’s Deputy Minister for Diplomacy Michael Oren<\/a> said: “The UN denies Israel’s bonds with Jerusalem”. Macron’s bonds with the Arab Islamic world, however, seem extremely strong.<\/p>\n
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This month alone, France voted twice in the United Nations to support Arab-sponsored resolutions against the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Pictured: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at the UN General Assembly in New York, on September 19, 2017. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n