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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in New York

Israeli attempt to annex West Bank would be ‘red line’ for US, says Macron

Trump and Macron sit on low chairs in front of two US flags; Macron is speaking while Trump looks on.
Emmanuel Macron said he had presented Donald Trump with a three-page plan on the future of Palestine when they met on Tuesday in New York. Photograph: Jeanne Accorsini/Sipa/Shutterstock

Any attempt by Israel to annex parts of the West Bank would be a red line for the US – and would represent the end of Arab-Israeli diplomatic normalisation, Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, claiming that he had been given that assurance by Donald Trump.

Macron also revealed that he had presented the US leader with a three-page plan on the future of Palestine, based on the New York Declaration, the document endorsed by more than 143 states that proposes to exclude Hamas from future rule in Gaza and the West Bank.

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