In UN farewell, Macron denounces Trump’s Gaza diplomacy as spectacle of shame
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Sept 22 dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claims of having secured peace in Gaza, saying not a single humanitarian corridor had been reopened in the enclave despite the proclaimed peace.
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In his final address to the United Nations before leaving office in 2027, Macron said the world was witnessing a spectacle that should shame everyone, rebuking Trump’s portrayal of his Gaza peace plan as a diplomatic triumph.
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He spoke at the United Nations General Assembly hours after Trump had from the same rostrum hailed his Gaza peace plan as a diplomatic triumph.
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“A year ago, here in this very hall, about a dozen states had recognised Palestine.
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I hear the cynicism of some people: ‘Recognition is just a piece of paper, look at the reality’,” Macron said, banging his fist on the podium in his last speech at the United Nations before stepping down in May 2027.
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“But what credibility do we have if we continue to remain inactive in the face of Gaza?
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Some boast of a supposed peace.
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But that peace has not reopened humanitarian access for a single second.
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Are we simply to stand by and watch this spectacle that should shame us all?”
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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“One year ago, when I addressed the great leaders in this hall, the war in Gaza was still raging brutally,” Trump said in his earlier speech.
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“A few weeks later, we ended the war in Gaza, saving untold thousands of lives.”
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Macron has faced criticism among some politicians and activists in France that he has done little since recognising a Palestinian state in September 2025.
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Despite the criticism, Paris has toughened its stance on settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, imposing some national sanctions and launching a process to ban products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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“Look at what is happening in the West Bank, where every day violations are committed.
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Hamas has never operated in the West Bank,” Macron said.
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“What is happening there 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.”
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France’s ties with Israel have been particularly strained over the last year.
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Macron said those who believed that violating the sovereignty of all of Israel’s neighbours would ensure its security were mistaken.
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“They are weakening Israel’s security, both today and in the future,” he said.
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‘Long live the United Nations’
Seven months from France’s next presidential election, Macron was making his last appearance after first taking to the rostrum in 2017.
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Often showing a keen eye for the trappings of diplomacy - the grand settings, the symbolism, the personal connections - he has at the same time failed to translate this into lasting strategic gains, analysts say.
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Macron warned against a global “return to the law of the jungle”, saying countries faced a choice between a world governed by power and coercion and a “civilised international society.”
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“Our duty, more than ever, is to stand alongside the United Nations.
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We cannot accept the new order of impunity that some would like to build,” he said.
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He ended his speech with “Long Live the United Nations!”
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