India, Sept. 23 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has firmly rejected recent international moves to recognise a Palestinian state, declaring that no such state will ever be allowed to form west of the Jordan River. His remarks came after the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Portugal announced formal recognition of Palestine as a State. The diplomatic shift comes amid ongoing concerns over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, increasing international criticism of Israeli settlement policies in the West Bank, and renewed calls to revive the two-state solution.
"There will be no Palestinian state," Netanyahu said in a recorded statement. "The response to the latest attempt to force upon us a terror state in the heart of our la...