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Netanyahu condemns Macron, says Palestinian state would try to ‘annihilate Israel’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L), as they hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. (Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he “strongly condemn[s] President Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 massacre.”
In a statement issued by his office, Netanyahu says “such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became. A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel — not to live in peace beside it.”
“Let’s be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel,” he says.
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