Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday slammed the joint statement by the UK, Canada and France on Monday threatening to implement sanctions on Israel if it doesn’t stop its war in Gaza. Speaking at the 17th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Jerusalem,” Sa’ar said: “The declaration from yesterday is totally connected to  Macron’s initiative for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state in June.” Sa’ar accused Macron of using the current reality to push for his agenda of the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and added that, in any case, Macron already implemented sanctions on Israel when he banned Israel from participating in an arms exhibition in Paris. Sa’ar continued by saying: “What I want to tell every country, mainly those who had a colonial past. This is a proud nation, an independent nation, fighting on its existence, and we will not get any dictates from outside with regard to our national security. This should be very understood.” What Sa’ar did not mention is the fact that Amnesty International revealed last year that at the same time that Macron called for an arms embargo on Israel due to “harm to innocent people” in Gaza, France was supplying weapon systems to rebels in Sudan who have committed unspeakable war crimes and massacres amid a civil war in the African country. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)