Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned down a request by French President Emmanuel Macron to visit the Jewish state, a former French lawmaker told Israel’s Kan Newspublic broadcaster Wednesday. “Macron sent a message to Netanyahu saying that he wanted to visit, but Netanyahu replied that, under the current conditions, this is not the right time to visit,” Habib, who served as a member of the French National Assembly between 2013 and 2024, told the channel.