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PM Office Calls Macron Claim a ‘Grotesque Absurdity’ After French Father Murdered in Samaria
Israeli officials cited Hamas networks and a deadly attack two days earlier as they rejected Macron’s claim and accused him of ignoring terrorism.
- On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized Israel at the United Nations General Assembly, claiming Hamas "has never operated" in the West Bank and arguing Israeli policies undermine Palestinian rights and Israel's own security.
- France has formally recognized a Palestinian state and advocates for a two-state solution, citing settlement expansion and increasing settler violence as an "urgent threat" to regional stability.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the claim "grotesque," pointing to the murder of French-Israeli citizen Netanel Shukrun, who was killed Sunday in a Hamas terrorist attack in the West Bank.
- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denounced the assertion as false, stating "this is just one attack out of hundreds of attacks led by Hamas," deepening the diplomatic rift between Paris and Jerusalem.
- Israeli security authorities have long reported Hamas cells and alleged attack plots in the West Bank, with the Shin Bet previously announcing disruption of Hamas cells directed from abroad to carry out attacks.
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"The grotesque absurdity of Emmanuel Macron's statement is astonishing," Prime Minister Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
·Helsinki, Finland
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The French President denounced Tuesday before the UN "a spectacle that shames us all" in Gaza.
·Paris, France
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PM Office Calls Macron Claim a ‘Grotesque Absurdity’ After French Father Murdered in Samaria
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday denounced French President Emmanuel Macron’s assertion at the United Nations that Hamas has not been active in Judea and Samaria, pointing to the murder of a French-Israeli father of six on the eve of Yom Kippur. Macron, speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, said Hamas “has […]
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