Paris, Aug. 9 -- The Paris prosecutor's office on Friday opened an investigation following threatening remarks directed at French President Emmanuel Macron by Israeli rabbi David Daniel Cohen in an online video, France 24 reported.

The rabbi's remarks were reportedly motivated by the French government's decision to formally recognise a Palestinian state, slated for September.

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the statements on X, calling them "totally unacceptable remarks" and noting that Cohen "made several abhorrent threats, notably against the President of the Republic," according to France 24.

Retailleau said he contacted the French government's online Pharos platform, which monitors dangerous and criminal content, and "...