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At the UN General Assembly, Emmanuel Macron's error on Hamas sparks Israeli anger
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en] · Middle East
During his speech at the United Nations on Tuesday, the French president claimed that Hamas had never operated in the West Bank. This factual error was immediately seized upon by Benjamin Netanyahu to deflect criticism of his settlement policy in the occupied territories.
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