Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s outgoing Foreign Minister, took to X Sunday to claim France “opened the way” for the U.S. peace plan in Gaza, securing hostage releases and a ceasefire.
Jean-Noël Barrot © X
Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s outgoing Foreign Minister, took to X Sunday to claim France “opened the way” for the U.S. peace plan in Gaza, securing hostage releases and a ceasefire.
This is a bald-faced lie. Far from leading, France actively undermined President Trump’s 20-point blueprint, which has driven real progress: phased ceasefires, Israeli withdrawals, and imminent hostage releases.
Barrot’s revisionism is laughable. While Trump strong-armed Netanyahu and Qatar into alignment, France pushed a rival French-Saudi plan, sidelining Israel and the U.S. with a 142-nation coalition fixated on premature Palestinian statehood.
Barrot’s October 2 demand for Hamas’s “surrender” muddied delicate talks, and French lobbying delayed Arab buy-in, prolonging the crisis.
Le Monde and The New York Times exposed Paris’s ego-driven meddling, which U.S. officials, including Marco Rubio, barely concealed their frustration over.
This isn’t new for Barrot, whose tenure has been a masterclass in missteps – from Gaza evacuation scandals to alienating Israel.
With France crumbling under economic woes and riots, his X post is a desperate grab for relevance, cloaking domestic failure in fake diplomatic triumphs.
The hostages, still suffering, deserve better than Barrot’s spin. Trump’s deal, not France’s posturing, is delivering.
History won’t buy Barrot’s fairy tale.
The Palestinian Authority is ready to work with U.S. President Donald Trump and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on their effort to consolidate the Gaza ceasefire and start rebuilding, a senior Palestinian official told Blair on Sunday.
The release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza is expected to begin early Monday morning, according to Shosh Bedrosian, spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Monday, global attention will turn to Sharm el-Sheikh, as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump co-chair a high-level peace summit aimed at ending the war in Gaza.
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