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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Netanyahu accused of slander after criticising Macron, Carney and Starmer

Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at a press conference
Netanyahu said the actions of the three leaders were not ‘advancing peace’ but ‘emboldening Hamas to continue fighting for ever’. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Benjamin Netanyahu was accused of slander and pursuing a war without end after he claimed the leaders of France, Canada and the UK were stoking antisemitism and siding with Hamas by demanding he end the two-month blockade of food and aid into Gaza.

In what has become an extraordinary standoff with some of Israel’s closest allies, Netanyahu appeared to deliberately raise the stakes on Thursday night by accusing his western critics of abandoning Israel in a war for its very existence.

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