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Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Sir Keir Starmer of rewarding Hamas with his plans to recognise a Palestinian state.
The Israeli prime minister appeared on a podcast on Wednesday evening taking aim at the Government over its decision to recognise Palestine next month unless Israel meets certain conditions.
He told the Triggernometry hosts: “They [Hamas] commit the greatest savagery against Jews since the Holocaust, and the Prime Minister of Britain says we will reward you with a de facto state which is committed openly to repeating the October 7 massacre over and over and over again.”
In July, Sir Keir announced that the UK would formally recognise Palestine as a result of the “increasingly intolerable” situation in Gaza unless Israel took steps to end the suffering, reach a ceasefire, refrain from annexing the West Bank and commit to a peace process.
Mr Netanyahu said: “Let’s imagine, what would be the response of Britain if about 15,000 people would be butchered in one day, and you’d have, I don’t know, 2,500 hostages taken. Would you say, ‘Oh, well, we should give our attackers a state right next to London?’ Of course not.
“The standard that is being applied is not merely wrong, it’s just downright dangerous. Because you’re really rewarding these monstrous terrorists with the greatest prize and that’s because of weakness….
The Israeli prime minister appeared on a podcast on Wednesday evening taking aim at the Government over its decision to recognise Palestine next month unless Israel meets certain conditions.
He told the Triggernometry hosts: “They [Hamas] commit the greatest savagery against Jews since the Holocaust, and the Prime Minister of Britain says we will reward you with a de facto state which is committed openly to repeating the October 7 massacre over and over and over again.”
In July, Sir Keir announced that the UK would formally recognise Palestine as a result of the “increasingly intolerable” situation in Gaza unless Israel took steps to end the suffering, reach a ceasefire, refrain from annexing the West Bank and commit to a peace process.
Mr Netanyahu said: “Let’s imagine, what would be the response of Britain if about 15,000 people would be butchered in one day, and you’d have, I don’t know, 2,500 hostages taken. Would you say, ‘Oh, well, we should give our attackers a state right next to London?’ Of course not.
“The standard that is being applied is not merely wrong, it’s just downright dangerous. Because you’re really rewarding these monstrous terrorists with the greatest prize and that’s because of weakness….
