Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron concerning Hamas and the occupied West Bank, describing them as “grotesque”.
The criticism followed a speech by Mr Macron at the United Nations, in which the French president appeared to downplay Hamas’s activities in the territory. Mr Netanyahu objected to the characterisation and publicly denounced the remarks.
The dispute centres on how Hamas’s activities in the West Bank were presented during the UN address. The supplied account does not provide the full wording of Mr Macron’s comments or further details of the activities referred to.
No further response from the French president or additional details about the exchange are included in the available material.
