Netanyahu rebukes Macron at UN, dismisses settler violence claims

At the UN General Assembly, Israeli PM Netanyahu publicly attacked French President Macron for criticizing Israel's policies, reversing the victim-aggressor narrative and downplaying settler violence in the West Bank. This marks an escalation in diplomatic tensions between Israel and France, occurring amid an Israeli election campaign. The exchange signals potential strain in EU-Israel relations and may affect international diplomatic alignment on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.