Question 11054 — foreign policy

Summary

Ms. Gabrielle Cathala questions the Minister of the Interior about the presence of 38 Israeli exhibitors at the Milipol Paris exhibition, the professional exhibition dedicated to the internal security of States. Breaking with the doctrine that has prevailed since the spring of 2024, the Élysée confirmed on Thursday November 13, 2025 that it had approved the participation of all Israeli companies in the Milipol exhibition, which will be held from November 18 to 21, 2025 at the Parc des Expositions. from Paris-Nord Villepinte. As soon as his decision was made, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron himself informed Mr. Meyer Habib, close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, by a message on WhatsApp, made public by the former elected official. “Deal done!” Kisses” wrote the President to the former MP. Despite the genocide which continues in Gaza and the crimes committed in the West Bank, Israeli exhibitors will be in the spotlight: with more than 38 stands including a national pavilion, Israel is in fact one of the top 10 exhibiting countries. By authorizing the participation of these exhibitors, France continues to be complicit in genocide, colonization and the apartheid system, in which each of these invited companies actively participate. Indeed, among the companies present, there will be Elbit Systems, the leading Israeli arms seller, which produces 85% of drones and ground equipment used by the Israeli army and records record profits thanks to the genocide, or Emtan, a manufacturer of submachine guns and assault rifles which sold more than 25,000 weapons to the Israeli army in 2023 and donated additional weapons to support the genocidal offensive. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 requires States parties to never assist, even indirectly, in the commission of genocide and to act to prevent and interrupt them. Thus, she questions him regarding the presence of these Israeli companies at a trade fair supported by the Ministry of the Interior, which is akin to economic support of these companies and therefore indirectly to the carrying out of a genocide. She asks him if he intends to urgently suspend the participation of these companies at the Milipol exhibition.

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