A diplomatic row has broken out between Israel and France after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling "the anti-Semitic fire" in France by planning to recognise Palestinian statehood, Al Jazeera reported.

The French president's office swiftly hit back at Netanyahu on Tuesday, calling his allegations "abject" and "erroneous", and promising that they "will not go unanswered".

"This is a time for seriousness and responsibility, not for conflation and manipulation," the French presidency said, adding that France "protects and will always protect its Jewish citizens". "Violence against the [French] Jewish community is intolerable," it said, according to Al Jazeera.