Macron’s UN remarks on multilateralism draw Israeli and U.S. criticism
At the UN General Assembly, Emmanuel Macron defended the UN and international law, criticized conditions in Gaza and violence in the West Bank, and said Hamas had not been active there. Netanyahu’s office and U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee criticized his remarks, while a French diplomatic source said Macron meant Hamas had never governed the West Bank.
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First reported among our outlets by CNews (France), · most coverage from South Korea (3), France (3), United Kingdom (2), China (2)
What the parties said
France
"Hamas has never struck in the West Bank,"
The question put to us, in very simple terms, is whether we want to live in this state of nature, with a kind of return to the law of the jungle, or in a civilised international…
"Rather, we must come together to build an open-source frontier model, a cutting-edge model."
United States
Hard to imagine a more out of touch with reality speech than Macron at UN.
Hamas is an evil scourge, and they have killed innocent American citizens.
President Trump ended the war between Israel and Hamas, freed all living hostages, returned the bodies of the deceased to their loved ones, and is now leading the implementation…
Israel
Hamas ... carry out attacks against Jews almost every day.
The grotesque absurdity of Emmanuel Macron's statement is staggering,
Since 1990, Hamas has carried out more than 80 lethal terrorist attacks originating in or directed from Judea and Samaria, murdering more than 350 Israeli civilians.
Coverage
CNews · France21 Sep 04:51Donald Trump will meet Emmanuel Macron in New York on Monday ahead of the United Nations General Assembly
France 24 · France22 Sep 20:08Macron urges world to 'stand firm' against 'abuse of power by empires' in final UN speech
The rhetoric of defeat that is giving way to abuse of power by empires, threatening the sovereignty of some nations
Le Monde · France22 Sep 20:07“A spectacle that makes us all feel ashamed”: Images of Emmanuel Macron’s speech at the UN General Assembly
Fox News · United States23 Sep 12:00Lost in translation: Israel, Huckabee blast Macron over Hamas comments as France clarifies wording
Since 1990, Hamas has carried out more than 80 lethal terrorist attacks originating in or directed from Judea and Samaria, murdering more than 350 Israeli civilians.
The Times of Israel · Israel24 Sep 11:06Ambassador Leiter says he’s ‘full of hope’ for son seriously wounded in West Bank ramming attack
who criticized Israeli actions in the West Bank in an address to the UN and said Hamas had never been active there.
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RIA Novosti · Russia22 Sep 20:57Macron pounds fist on podium at UN General Assembly while speaking about Palestine
Palestinian official accuses Israel of 'mass detention' in West Bank
not a single humanitarian corridor had been reopened in the enclave despite the proclaimed peace.
China Daily · ChinaUS, Israel clash with Macron on Gaza stance
is building, day by day, the impossibility of a project that should be based on respect for the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to exist
The Hankyoreh · South KoreaDespite UN warning of a “nuclear-weapons-level risk like during the Cold War”… Trump “flatly rejects AI regulation”
The Korea Herald · South Korea23 Sep 02:13In UN farewell, Macron denounces Trump's Gaza diplomacy as spectacle of shame
President Trump ended the war between Israel and Hamas, freed all living hostages, returned the bodies of the deceased to their loved ones, and is now leading the implementation…
Yonhap News Agency · South Korea23 Sep 22:33‘The UN is failing’… World leaders denounce monopoly on power in the Security Council
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Der Spiegel · Germany23 Sep 12:25Emmanuel Macron takes aim at Israel and Donald Trump in his final UN speech
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El País · Spain22 Sep 19:21Trump threatens to annihilate Iran in an election-flavored speech to the UN General Assembly
BBC News · United Kingdom23 Sep 11:30Netanyahu calls Macron's remarks on West Bank in UN speech 'grotesque'
carry out attacks against Jews almost every day
The Guardian · United Kingdom23 Sep 10:41Iran denies dropping preconditions amid ‘very productive’ three-hour UN talks in New York
Every time a few states, sometimes even in the name of international order, have tried to replace the people in order to change a regime or a system, they have plunged those…
Choose international order over ‘law of the jungle’, urges Macron
“The Geneva Conventions are being dismantled”
Clarín · Argentina23 Sep 11:00Iran downplays indirect talks with the US and other Middle East news
Hürriyet · Türkiye23 Sep 08:44Israeli Minister Smotrich’s “tourist” provocation
NDTV · India24 Sep 21:01Netanyahu Attacks UK, France, Turkey In Fiery UN Speech
The Hindu · India23 Sep 07:17Israel denounces ‘grotesque absurdity’ of Macron’s UN remarks on West Bank
The United Nations said there were about six settler-related violent incidents against Palestinians or their property daily through mid-2026 in the territory.
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Macron urges world to choose UN over ‘law of the jungle’
Daily Jang · Pakistan22 Sep 21:09French President Macron lashes out over Gaza diplomacy
Where accounts differ
Hamas’s activity and attacks in the West Bank
Macron said Hamas had never been active or carried out attacks in the West Bank; a French diplomatic source said he meant it had never governed there.
Hamas was never very active in the West Bank,
"Hamas has never struck in the West Bank,"
Netanyahu’s office said Hamas carried out attacks against Jews almost every day and had killed numerous Israeli civilians in the West Bank; Chikli cited more than 80 lethal attacks since 1990.