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UK says Netanyahu remarks on Palestinian statehood ‘disappointing’

Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps arrives for a meeting with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus January 19, 2024. (Reuters)

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Updated 21 January 2024

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January 21, 2024 09:04

UK says Netanyahu remarks on Palestinian statehood ‘disappointing’

Updated 21 January 2024

AFP

January 21, 2024 09:04

LONDON: The UK said on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to Palestinian sovereignty is “disappointing.”
“I think it’s disappointing actually, to hear that from the Israeli prime minister,” said Defense Secretary Grant Shapps on the Sky News channel.