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Netanyahu calls Belgian PM 'weak' after his pledge to recognize Palestinian state

2025-09-03 19:04:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Netanyahu calls Belgian PM 'weak' after his pledge to recognize

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday criticized his Belgian counterpart, calling him a “weak leader who seeks to appease Islamic terrorism by sacrificing Israel,” a day after Brussels announced it would recognize a Palestinian state. Netanyahu’s government has been angered by pledges by France, Britain, Canada, Australia and now Belgium to formally recognize a Palestinian state during a meeting of world leaders this month at the United Nations in New York.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever “wants to feed the terrorist crocodile before it devours Belgium,” the Israeli prime minister’s office wrote on its official Twitter account. Israel will continue to defend itself, it added.

Netanyahu also attacked Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month, calling him “weak” after Australia announced it would recognize a Palestinian state and then barred a far-right Israeli lawmaker from entering the country. The Palestinians have long sought their own state in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.

Israeli officials have rejected his pledges to recognize a Palestinian state, saying it does not change the reality on the ground. Netanyahu has said that recognizing a Palestinian state would be a reward for Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which sparked the Gaza war.

Israel has faced ongoing international pressure due to the damage its military's war has caused to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip./ REL





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