“Macron has once again chosen to stand with a murderous Islamist terrorist organisation and echo its despicable propaganda, accusing Israel of blood libels,” a statement from Netanyahu’s office said.

He also showed the pope the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup trophies won by Italy in 2024.

Trump invoked the little-known AEA, which was last used to round up Japanese-American citizens during World War II, in March and flew two planeloads of alleged Tren de Aragua members to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.

Macron, who came to power in 2017 promising radical change, will step down in 2027 after serving the maximum two terms allowed under the constitution.

“There will be no situation where we stop the war. A temporary ceasefire might happen, but we are going all the way.”