Palestinian state would be ‘national suicide’ for Israel – Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday successful an aggravated UN code to artifact a Palestinian state, accusing European leaders of pushing his state into “national suicide” and rewarding Hamas.

Netanyahu, successful a defiant code helium said was partially broadcast connected Israeli subject loudspeakers successful Gaza, vowed to “finish the job” against Hamas adjacent arsenic President Donald Trump said helium thought helium had sealed a woody connected a ceasefire.

Days aft France, Britain and different Western powers recognized a authorities of Palestine, Netanyahu said that they had sent “a precise wide connection that murdering Jews pays off.”

“Israel volition not let you to shove a violent authorities down our throats,” Netanyahu said.

“We volition not perpetrate nationalist termination due to the fact that you don’t person the guts to look down the hostile media and antisemitic mobs demanding Israel’s blood,” helium said.

Hamas carried retired the worst-ever onslaught connected Israel connected October 7, 2023, triggering a relentless Israeli violative successful Gaza.

Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas is simply a rival of Hamas and condemned the onslaught arsenic good arsenic antisemitism successful his ain code Thursday, which helium delivered virtually aft the United States refused him a visa.

Netanyahu — who has opposed a Palestinian authorities for decades — mocked Western enactment for Abbas and called the Palestinian Authority “corrupt to the core.”

But Netanyahu notably did not interaction connected the contented of annexing the West Bank, which immoderate members of his furniture person threatened arsenic a mode to termination immoderate imaginable of a existent Palestinian state.

Trump, usually a staunch state of Netanyahu, has warned against annexation arsenic helium pitches a bid program connected Gaza that would see the disarmament of Hamas.

Netanyahu went retired of his mode to praise Trump, whom helium volition conscionable Monday successful Washington.

Trump said Friday conscionable aft Netanyahu spoke, “I deliberation we person a deal.”

– Protests and circuitous way –

With Netanyahu facing an International Criminal Court apprehension warrant implicit warfare transgression allegations, including utilizing starvation arsenic a weapon, the Israeli premier curate took an antithetic way to New York that included flying implicit the constrictive Strait of Gibraltar.

As helium walked up to the General Assembly rostrum, a fig of delegations instantly walked retired — meaning they had travel conscionable to leave, arsenic Netanyahu was the day’s archetypal speaker.

But the country was filled with thunderous applause arsenic Netanyahu again invited supporters to ticker from the gallery.

Protesters marched adjacent successful Times Square calling for the apprehension of Netanyahu.

“War criminals don’t merit immoderate bid of mind. They don’t merit immoderate sleep,” said Andrea Mirez, a young pistillate who kept up an overnight noisy protestation extracurricular Netanyahu’s hotel.

Netanyahu successful his code aggressively challenged allegations that Israel was committing genocide successful Gaza, noting that Israel has repeatedly sent leaflets informing the civilian colonisation to leave.

Humanitarian instrumentality besides considers forced displacement to beryllium a warfare crime. Nearly the full colonisation of the Gaza Strip has been displaced during the war.

The October 7, 2023 onslaught by Hamas killed 1,219 people, besides mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally from Israeli authoritative figures, successful the deadliest time successful the country’s history.

Israel’s violative has killed much than 65,500 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to health ministry figures successful the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers reliable.

– ‘We person not forgotten you’ –

Netanyahu said that his code was broadcast successful portion connected loudspeaker successful hopes of reaching some Hamas leaders and hostages inactive held since the October 7, 2023 attack.

“We person not forgotten you — not adjacent for a second. The full federation is with you, and we volition not beryllium soundless oregon fto up until we bring you each home, the surviving and the dormant alike,” Netanyahu said, switching concisely to Hebrew.

A fig of hostage families person criticized Netanyahu’s renewed subject run and sought a ceasefire to prevention their loved ones.

Netanyahu spoke months aft helium ordered a large bombing campa...