Move a launchpad to annihilate Israel: Bibi
Israeli PM
Benjamin Netanyahu
condemned France's decision, saying such a move 'rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy.'
In a post on X, he added, 'A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launchpad to annihilate Israel... Let's be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel.
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Defence minister Israel Katz called the move 'a disgrace and a surrender to terrorism.'
(This is a Reuters's story)
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