Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu says no to Palestinian state as war on Gaza continues

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a press conference that he objected to any Palestinian statehood that did not guarantee Israel’s security.

He added that the lack of Palestinian statehood had not stood in the way of normalisation agreements with Arab states a few years ago and that he still intended to add more countries to the Abraham Accords.

Israel and its biggest backer the US appear at odds now, with Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition government largely rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state even though Washington maintains that the two-state solution is the only feasible way to bring lasting peace.