Israel Vows ‘Escalation’ As UK, Other Allies Recognise Palestine, US Huddles With Arab Nations?
Britain, Australia, Canada and Portugal recognised the State of Palestine on Sunday, (Sept. 21) a historic shift in decades of Western foreign policy that drew swift anger from Israel and a rebuke from the United States.
Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip welcomed the recognition as a victory, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed in response that a Palestinian state would never exist.
The United States also criticised the moves as “performative” and said it was focused on finding a diplomatic solution to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Netanyahu denounced the push for recognition as “absurd”, claiming it would “endanger” Israel’s existence. “It will not happen. No Palestinian state will be established west of the Jordan River,” the Israeli premier said. He later vowed to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which Israel has controlled since 1967 in an occupation considered illegal under international law.
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