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Israel blasts ‘grotesque absurdity’ of Macron’s UN remarks on West Bank

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What happened

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Wednesday issued a stinging rebuke to French President Emmanuel Macron's UN speech denouncing settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

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  • Reported by France 24 and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:41:50 UTC.

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