It's been a bruising week for Israel's international reputation,

wherever you stand on the legitimacy of the international criminal court

or the strength of his case against Israel's Prime Minister,

Benjamin Netanyahu, and has captured the world's attention.

The ICC's prosecutor wants an arrest warrant for Netanyahu,

arguing he could bear criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes

and crimes against humanity in the

Israel-Hamas war. To Netanyahu's fury, it creates a moral equivalence between Israel's leaders

and the Hamas terrorists who started this war. It shifts the focus again to what many people

believe is intolerable civilian suffering in Gaza. Today, Ireland, Norway and Spain all announced and will formally

recognise a Palestinian state within days. What you're going to me now to respond to this is

the president of the state of Israel, Isaac Herzog. Mr. President, thank you very much indeed

for coming back to uncensored. It's good to see you again. First of all, if I can get your

reaction. Thank you. Your reaction, please, to this news today,

the Ireland, Norway, and Spain, all moving to recognize

a Palestinian state by the end of this month?

I must say, you know, these are futile steps that won't help any progress in the region

and on adverse to the basic challenges,

meaning adverse to the ability to release the hostages, they can be deemed as an award actually

to Hamas. And I've expressed these opinions to the leaders of these respective states because in what what one sees is okay

because of a war that was brutally waged by Hamas by raping burning chopping abducting

Israelis all of a sudden the world rushes a few nations in the world are rushing to declare

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