A diplomatic row between Israel and Paris has broken out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling “the anti-Semitic fire” in France by planning to recognise Palestinian statehood.

During the phone call, French President Emmanuel Macron also briefed PM Modi about the recent meeting in Washington, where European leaders met US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A row between Israel and France over Paris's plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting "antisemitism".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upbraided President Emmanuel Macron in a letter, blaming the French leader's move to recognise a Palestinian state for fuelling antisemitism.

A row between Israel and France over Paris’ plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting “antisemitism”.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said France will recognize a Palestinian state in an announcement to the United Nations General Assembly in September. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the state of Palestine,” Macron posted to X .