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By: Andrew Sparrow | Published: 2025-07-28 08:59:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Reynolds rejects Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim recognition of Palestinian statehood would reward Hamas terrorism
When President Macron announced last week that France will officially recognise the state of Palestine in September, the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the decision. In a post on social media, he said:
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.
And, in an article for the Telegraph at the weekend, Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, reiterated the same argument. She said:
