U.S. President Donald Trump has accused countries recognizing the State of Palestine of giving “rewards” to “Hamas terrorists” in a United Nations speech in which he also repeatedly denied the existence of climate change and berated the international body for helping migrants.

In his first in-person speech to the UN General Assembly since 2019, Mr. Trump took aim Tuesday at the string of countries that have extended recognition to Palestine in the past several days. These include Canada, Britain, Australia, Portugal and France, bringing the number of UN members recognizing Palestine to 156 of 193.

“As if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The rewards would be too great for Hamas terrorists, for their atrocities,”

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