Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out on Friday at Western countries’ recent recognition of Palestinian statehood, accusing world leaders of “buckling under the pressure of a biased media, radical Islamist constituencies and antisemitic mobs.”
Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, Netanyahu rejected growing global criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, stretching over almost two years, as “political and legal warfare against Israel.” He claimed the West is “appeasing your way out of jihad by sacrificing Israel.”
Days after France, Britain, Canada, Australia and other European countries recognized a Palestinian state, Netanyahu condemned the Palestinian diplomatic push…
