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Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his government would vote on a declaratory decision" regarding Israel's opposition to any unilateral imposition of Palestinian statehood, Reuters reports.

Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that the move comes after recent talk in the international community about an attempt to unilaterally impose on Israel a Palestinian state".