Netanyahu condemns Palestinian recognition

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that “murdering Jews pays off.”

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Speaking at the UN General Assembly, the Israeli leader pushed back in his harshest terms yet against a flurry of diplomatic moves by leading US allies that deepened Israel's international isolation over its conduct of a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza.

“This week, the leaders of France, Britain, Australia, Canada and other countries unconditionally recognized a Palestinian state,” he said.

“They did so after the horrors committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 - horrors praised on that day by nearly 90 percent of the Palestinian population.”