Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says many countries caved "when the going got tough". Photo: AP PHOTO

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced countries that recently embraced Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that "murdering Jews pays off".

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Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, the Israeli leader pushed back in his harshest terms yet against a flurry of diplomatic moves by leading US allies that deepened Israel's international isolation over its conduct of a nearly two-year-old war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Stri

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