Macron Challenges Trump's Gaza Peace Claim at UN — SkimNews
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- Macron told the UN General Assembly that Trump's Gaza peace claim lacked credibility, stating humanitarian access to the enclave has not been reopened 'for a single second'
- White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly pushed back, saying Trump had 'ended the war between Israel and Hamas,' secured the release of all living hostages, and returned the bodies of deceased hostages to their families
- Trump is now leading implementation of the 20-Point Plan for Peace in Gaza, the White House said, adding that 'this President took this complex problem head on'
- Macron defended France's September recognition of a Palestinian state, noting that about a dozen states had recognized Palestine a year ago in the same UN hall
- France has hardened its stance on settler violence, imposing national sanctions and beginning a process to ban products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
- Macron argued that undermining the sovereignty of countries neighboring Israel weakens rather than strengthens Israeli security 'both today and in the future'
- Macron's address, ending with 'Long Live the United Nations,' was his final UNGA speech before leaving office next May, with France's presidential election seven months away
Why it matters: The public split at the UN between Macron and Trump's White House over Gaza underscores that the US-led peace framework lacks buy-in from a key European ally, with France now actively backing Palestinian recognition and sanctions on Israeli settlement products rather than deferring to US-led diplomacy.
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