Netanyahu Condemns Recognition of Palestinian State by Ireland, Norway, and Spain

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Ireland, Norway, and Spain for planning to recognize a Palestinian state, calling it a 'prize for terrorism.' He emphasized that Israel would persist in its Gaza war efforts, denouncing the potential new state as a sponsor of repeated terrorist attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced as a "prize for terrorism" on Wednesday the announcement by Ireland, Norway and Spain that they will soon recognise a Palestinian state, and said Israel would be undeterred from winning the Gaza war.

"This would be a terrorist state. It would try to carry out the October 7 massacre again and again - and that, we shall not agree to," Netanyahu said in a statement, referring to the Hamas-led Palestinian attack that triggered Israel's offensive. (Writing by Dan Williams)