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Netanyahu: Israel’s legitimacy is being attacked

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday that Israel\'s legitimacy is being attacked, during a Knesset discussion on Israel\'s collapsing international status.
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June 23, 2010

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday that Israel’s legitimacy is being attacked, during a Knesset discussion on Israel’s collapsing international status.

“We know that the attacks on Israel are threatening its existence, since we constantly hear people saying ‘go back to Poland or Morocco’. They are essentially telling us to dismantle the Zionist enterprise.”

Netanyahu went on to criticize the United Nations and other international institutions for targeting Israel alone for condemnation.

Read the full story at Haaretz.com.

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