French President Emmanuel Macron has said that abandoning Gaza to its own fate and giving Israel a “free pass” would kill the West’s credibility with the rest of the world, AFP reports.

“If we abandon Gaza, if we consider there is a free pass for Israel, even if we do condemn the terrorist attacks, we will kill our credibility,” Macron told a top defence forum in Singapore, adding: “And this is why we do reject double standard.”