Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the creation of a Palestinian state would endanger Israel’s survival, pledging to oppose such efforts at the United Nations next week. “We will also need to fight, both at the UN and in all other arenas, against the false propaganda directed at us and against calls for a Palestinian state, which would endanger our existence and serve as absurd reward for terrorism,” Netanyahu told his cabinet.

He added, “Our victories in Lebanon against Hezbollah have opened a window for a possibility that was not even imagined before our recent operations and actions: the possibility of peace with our northern neighbors.” “We are conducting talks with the Syrians — there is some progress, but it is still a long way off.” (AFP)