Netanyahu calls Macron's West Bank comments in UN speech 'grotesque'
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"Look at what's happening in the West Bank, where day in, day out, we are seeing violations.
Hamas was never very active in the West Bank," Macron said in French, according to the UN's interpreter.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denounced Macron's comments earlier on Wednesday, with Netanyahu calling the statements “outrageous.
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"Look at what's happening in the West Bank, where day in, day out, we are seeing violations.
Hamas was never very active in the West Bank," Macron said in French, according to the UN's interpreter.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denounced Macron's comments earlier on Wednesday, with Netanyahu calling the statements “outrageous.