Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed his British counterpart after the United Kingdom formally recognised the Palestinian state. Netanyahu went on to call the move an \u2018absurd reward for terrorism\u2019<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s Prime Minister \u201cTo fight both in the UN and in all the other fronts against the slanderous propaganda aimed at us, and against the calls to create a Palestinian state that will endanger our existence and constitute an absurd prize for terrorism,” Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Israel\u2019s Foreign Minister Israeli officials have been making all sorts of arguments in recent weeks as they sought to counter the growing momentum in the UK, France, Canada, Portugal and others towards recognition. Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser to Netanyahu, with the latest announcements by the European nations, Hamas could now say to the Palestinians that without its 2023 attack, which killed about 1,200 Israelis, the recognition of Palestine by the UK and others would not have happened.<\/p>\n \u2018Reward for Hamas\u2019<\/p>\n In his statement, Amidror argued that the move is now being seen as a \u2018reward for Hamas\u2019. \u201cIt will be understood as a reward to them, and Starmer has lost any leverage that he had \u2026 and [a Palestinian state] is not going to happen anyway,\u201d said Amidror, an analyst at the conservative Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and the Jewish Institute for National Security of America in Washington.<\/p>\n \u201cIsrael is determined to destroy the terrorist organisation that is called Hamas. Some of our friends around the world have decided that Hamas should survive and Israel should leave the Gaza Strip, taking our hostages \u2026 There is a gap here that cannot be bridged with nice words,” he added.<\/p>\n Despite all these arguments pushed by the Israeli government, successive STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADFamilies of hostages are not happy with Europe<\/p>\n
\nBenjamin Netanyahu<\/a> slammed his British counterpart after the United Kingdom formally recognised the
\nPalestinian state.<\/a> The Israeli premier said on Sunday that the recognition of the Palestinian state by European nations is \u201can absurd prize for terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nGideon Sa’ar<\/a> took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to condemn Starmer\u2019s latest announcement. In the post, Sa\u2019ar insisted that the UK recognising Palestine as a state was \u201cnothing but a reward for jihadist Hamas\u201d. \u201cHamas leaders themselves openly admit: this recognition is a direct outcome, the \u2018fruit\u2019 for the October 7 massacre. Don\u2019t let Jihadist ideology dictate your policy,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n
\nopinion polls<\/a> in the country have shown strong demand for a negotiated end to the conflict in Gaza. Support for Netanyahu and his coalition government, which is seen as the most right-wing in Israel\u2019s history, has declined significantly since the Israeli military\u2019s extensive operation in Gaza.<\/p>\n