​Following is an excerpt from remarks made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Thursday, 4 June 2015), at the memorial ceremony for the victims of the Altalena:
 
"The absurd drama in which the democracy that observes human rights –  the State of Israel – and which defends itself from barrages of missiles and terrorist tunnels, and then absorbs automatic condemnations and attempted boycotts, this absurd drama will not be forgiven. I call on the French government to publicly repudiate the miserable statement and miserable action by a company that is under its partial ownership. At the same time, I call on our friends to unconditionally declare – in a loud and clear voice – that they oppose any kind of boycott of the state of the Jews."