Netanyahu vows to ‘finish job’ in Gaza during UN speech as delegates walk out

<p>Israeli prime minister said recognition of Palestinian state is ‘insane’ days after countries such as UK and France did so</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/26/gaza-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-un-united-nations-unga-west-bank-donald-trump-middle-east-crisis-live">Middle East crisis – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/benjamin-netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> has vowed to “finish the job” in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</a> and said that the recognition of a Palestinian state was “insane” as delegations walked out of his address to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/unitednations">United Nations</a>.</p><p>Just days after the UK, France, Canada, Australia, and other countries broke with the United States to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/21/uk-canada-and-australia-announce-formal-recognition-of-palestine-with-wave-of-israel-allies-to-follow">recognise an independent Palestinian state</a>, Netanyahu called a two-state solution “sheer madness. It’s insane, and we won’t do it.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/26/benjamin-netanyahu-un-speech-gaza">Continue reading...</a>