The clash took place during a special online discussion to mark the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference, which was a major milestone in granting international recognition to future Jewish statehood and Zionism.
Greenblatt, who is one of the chief architects of the Trump administration's peace plan, defended Israel against the Director of the North Africa and Middle East department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Farnaud, after the latter attacked Israel for planning to implement the part of the plan that allows it to extend its sovereignty to Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Farnaud said that the Israeli move "will have consequences" and that it was a violation of international law. -Full Report
