Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood and accused them of buckling under pressure from activists and others who have accused Israel of war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.

Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the Israeli leader pushed back in harsh terms against a flurry of diplomatic moves by leading U.S. allies that deepened Israel’s international isolation over its conduct of the nearly two-year-old war against Hamas militants in Gaza.

“This week, the leaders of France, Britain, Australia, Canada and other countries unconditionally recognized a Palestinian state. They did so after the horrors committed by Hamas on October 7 — horrors praised on that day by nearly 90% of the Palesti

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