Netanyahu rejects Macron's UN remarks on West Bank settlers

Summarised from 3 outlets · 5 reports · Updated 23 Sept, 13:14

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office denounced French President Emmanuel Macron's UN speech on West Bank settler violence as a 'grotesque absurdity'.

Macron told the UN that Hamas has never struck in the West Bank and criticised settler violence against Palestinians. Netanyahu's office rejected these remarks. Macron also called Gaza diplomacy a 'shameful spectacle' and urged reopening humanitarian routes.

How it is being reported

• Lost in translation: Israel, Huckabee blast Macron over Hamas comments as France clarifies wordingFox News · 23 Sept, 13:00
• Israel denounces Macron's UN remarksFrance 24 · 23 Sept, 12:56
• Netanyahu calls Macron's remarks on West Bank in UN speech 'grotesque'BBC News · 23 Sept, 12:30
• 'Shame': Macron slams Trump's Gaza diplomacy in final UN speechFrance 24 · 23 Sept, 11:38
• Israel blasts ‘grotesque absurdity’ of Macron’s UN remarks on West BankFrance 24 · 23 Sept, 09:41

In this story: Benjamin Netanyahu · Emmanuel Macron · Israel · France · West Bank · Gaza

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