Macron’s Secret Hamas Talks Exposed: France’s Shocking Betrayal Revealed
Documents uncovered in Gaza reveal a secret 2020 meeting between French intelligence and Hamas leaders, approved by President Macron, raising concerns about France’s stance on the Palestinian issue. The revelation, timed with Macron’s push for Palestinian statehood, has fueled accusations of rewarding terrorism and heightened diplomatic friction.
A bombshell revelation surfaced about a clandestine meeting held on October 16, 2020, in Doha, Qatar, between a senior French intelligence official, identified as the third-ranking member of France’s Directorate-General for External Security, and Hamas leaders Mousa Abu Marzouk and Khaled Mashaal. Documents seized by the IDF in Gaza revealed that France initiated the talks with President Emmanuel Macron’s explicit approval. The French official expressed dissatisfaction with U.S. handling of the Palestinian issue, stating, “I am happy about this meeting. I come to it with President Macron’s approval. We don’t want to talk only to the Palestinian Authority, but also to you. We, the French, are historically close to the Palestinian struggle.” In response, Abu Marzouk and Mashaal declared, “Even if the international community supports the Zionist entity, be sure that we will defeat it. This land is ours, and our resistance and revolution have been going on for more than a century, and we will continue until victory.” The document notably lacks any French rebuttal to Hamas’s explicit intent to destroy Israel.
The revelation, reported by Israel’s Channel 12, comes days after Macron’s July 24 announcement to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September 2025, intensifying diplomatic tensions. A French diplomat dismissed the allegations, stating, “These baseless accusations are apparently intended to undermine the legitimacy of our efforts toward a two-state political solution. Hamas is a terrorist organization that has carried out the worst antisemitic massacre of the 21st century. France will continue to work to permanently disarm it and exclude it from any political ‘day after,’ in Gaza and beyond.”
The timing of the leak, amid France’s push for Palestinian statehood, has sparked suspicion of Israeli retaliation, with X posts noting, “France supports Palestine, and suddenly IDF leaks this? Convenient timing.” The meeting aligns with Qatar’s role as a Hamas hub, hosting leaders like Mashaal, whose net worth is estimated at $4 billion, per 2024 reports. Israel, which lost 1,200 in Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, views France’s move as rewarding terror, with 50 hostages still held in Gaza.