"We are talking a small country that is barely two provinces in France," said MP Meyer Habib before walking out of the committee meeting.
The newly reelected French MP boasts of his connections to the Jewish state and its premier in the face of harsh criticism in France, which he says has to change its "anti-Israel line."
Meyer Habib secured his seat in the French parliament to the delight of his close friend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
PM makes rare move relating to internal politics of a foreign country in expressing public backing for Meyer Habib.