UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that the world should not be “intimidated” by Israel as it presses its devastating Gaza war and pursues a “creeping” West Bank occupation.

Israel has reportedly threatened to annex the West Bank if Western nations press ahead with recognizing a Palestinian state at next week’s UN high-level gathering in New York.

“We should not feel intimidated by the risk of retaliation, because with or without doing what we are doing, these actions would go on and at least there is a chance to mobilize international community to put pressure for them not to happen,” he said.

“I don’t think we are talking about retaliation in relation to this or that. There has been a constant progress of the measures of the Israeli government in order to now comple

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