Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an event in Jerusalem on August 13. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Jerusalem —

With the backing of the United States, a defiant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a response to a number of countries recognizing a Palestinian state .

At the weekly government meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu said Israel will fight at the UN and other international forums “against the slanderous propaganda aimed at us,” as well as the calls to create a Palestinian state that he said “will endanger our existence and constitute an absurd prize for terrorism.”

He vowed the international community “will hear from us on this matter in the following days,” a possible reference to internal discussions about annexation of the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu h

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