Netanyahu Rejects Obama Accusations: 'Jewish People Are Not Foreign Occupiers'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against accusations that Israel stole Palestinian land and is losing its moral high ground, outlets The Jerusalem Post and JDN reported. The remarks came in a video posted to X in response to statements made by former US President Barack Obama.

Addressing the American public, Netanyahu declared that "the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers in the land of our forefathers," adding that Jewish history is not a colonial enterprise and that the land is not stolen. He emphasized that the true obstacle to peace remains the refusal of Israel's enemies to recognize its right to exist.