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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: Netanyahu rejects any two-state plan, 3.39am finish in tennis, weed highways

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv
Benjamin Netanyahu has told a news conference he rejects idea of Palestinian statehood. Photograph: Abir Sultan/Reuters

Morning everyone. Benjamin Netanyahu is defying Joe Biden over any postwar peace plan, saying Israel will only agree to a deal that would see the country gain security control over the entire Gaza Strip. The Israel prime minister told a news conference on Thursday: “In any future arrangement … Israel needs security control [of] all territory west of the Jordan. This collides with the idea of sovereignty. What can you do?”

In other news, the Socceroos are into the last 16 of the Asian Cup in Qatar, and it was a late, late show at Melbourne Park.

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