Netanyahu to gutless Western leaders: ‘Israel will not allow you to shove a terror state down our throats’

Stepping up his criticism of world leaders recognizing Palestine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his UN addresses, charges that “what you’re doing is giving the ultimate reward to intolerant fanatics who perpetrated and supported the October 7 massacre.

“Giving the Palestinians a state one mile from Jerusalem after October 7,” he says, “is like giving Al Qaeda a state one mile from New York City after September 11. This is sheer madness. It’s insane, and we won’t do it.”

With blistering rage, Netanyahu says: “I want to give a message to those Western leaders. Israel will not allow you to shove a terror state down our throats. We will not commit national suicide because you don’t have the guts to face down a hostile media and antisemitic mobs demanding Israel’s blood.”

He also says that this is not only his stance, and that of his coalition, but that it represents the will of the Israeli people. “Last year, there was a vote in the Knesset, our parliament, on whether or not to oppose the imposition of a Palestinian state. You want to guess what the results were? Out of 120 members of our parliament, 99 voted against and only nine supported. That’s over 90%.

“It’s not a fringe. It’s not the prime minister who himself is extreme, or he’s held hostage by extreme parties to his right. It’s over 90% of Israelis. My opposition to a Palestinian state is not simply my policy or my government’s policy. It’s the policy of the state and people of the State of Israel.

“Western leaders may have buckled under the pressure,” he says, concluding this passage of his remarks. “I guarantee you one thing, Israel won’t.”