Netanyahu calls UK’s Palestine recognition ‘absurd prize for terrorism’

Opposition leader Yair Golan blames government's political recklessness and refusal to end the war in Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, called the UK's recognition of Palestine on Sunday an absurd prize for terrorism".

In remarks to ministers released by his office, he said Israel would have to fight both in the UN and in all the other fronts against the slanderous propaganda aimed at us, and against the calls to create a Palestinian state that will endanger our existence and constitute an absurd prize for terrorism".