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Israel denounces 'grotesque absurdity' of French president's remarks on West Bank at UN

In his Tuesday speech, Macron railed against the humanitarian situation in Gaza and urged countries to recommit to international laws and the UN system.

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00:00Israel was quick to respond after Emmanuel Macron spoke at the UN on Tuesday.
00:05The Israeli government's reaction was unusually harsh.
00:08Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office denounced the remarks as grotesque nonsense
00:11to dismiss criticism regarding the West Bank and France's position on Hamas.
00:16Speaking at the United Nations, Emmanuel Macron condemned not only the humanitarian situation
00:20in Gaza, but also Israeli actions in the West Bank.
00:23The French president notably asserted that Hamas had never been active there, even though
00:27the Palestinian Authority exercises some of its functions in the region.
00:30But what is our credibility if we continue to stay inactive face to Gaza?
00:36Do we have to contemplate this spectacle that makes us happy to all?
00:41Never!
00:44Look at what's happening in Cisjordania, where every day violations are made in the name of what?
00:54The Hamas has never been saved in Cisjordania.
00:58Netanyahu's office claimed that Hamas regularly attacked Jews in the West Bank and accused
01:02Emmanuel Macron of denying this reality.
01:05To support its response, Netanyahu's office cited the death on Sunday of a French-Israeli
01:10man, a father of six, who was shot and killed in the center of the West Bank.
01:16Finally, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, also described the French president's
01:20speech as out of touch with reality.
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01:26There is a lot of information on the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, and the U.S.

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