JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli leaders claim the declaration of a Palestinian state by three European nations would reward terrorism.
The decision by Norway, Ireland, and Spain came as Israeli forces made significant progress in their fight against Hamas inside Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the declaration concerning statehood.
“The intention of several European countries to recognize a Palestinian state is a reward for terrorism,” he stated. “Eighty percent of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria support the terrible massacre of October 7. This evil must not be given a country. This will be a terrorist state, it will try to repeatedly carry out the massacre of October 7, and we will not agree to that. A prize for terrorism will not bring peace, and it will not stop us from defeating Hamas either.”
President Joe Biden and the U.S. State Department both insisted that any declaration of a Palestinian state must come through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
On national TV Wednesday, Israelis witnessed footage from October 7th of the kidnapping of five female soldiers.
The three-minute video shows the young women terrified, bullied, and bloodied. One terrorist boasted that these are women who can get pregnant.
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