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Add as preferred source on GoogleIsraeli PM Netanyahu rejects Western recognition of a Palestinian state, stating it won't bind Israel. The UN meeting marks a diplomatic shift amid the Gaza conflict.
(Reuters) -The recent recognitions by some Western nations of a Palestinian state will not "bind Israel in any way," Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.
"A Palestinian state will not arise," the prime minister's office posted on X.
Dozens of world leaders gathered at the United Nations on Monday to embrace a Palestinian state, a landmark diplomatic shift nearly two years into the Gaza war that faces fierce resistance from Israel and its close ally the United States.
(Reporting by Menna Alaa El Dine, Writing by Muhammad Al Gebaly, Editing by Chris Reese)
Netanyahu stated that a Palestinian state will not arise and that recent recognitions by Western nations will not bind Israel in any way.
Dozens of world leaders gathered at the United Nations to embrace the concept of a Palestinian state.
The discussions come nearly two years into the Gaza war, which faces fierce resistance from Israel.
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