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Netanyahu says Israel will determine which international forces are unacceptable

AL-Monitor
Oct 26, 2025
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025. Nathan Howard/Pool via REUTERS
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025. Nathan Howard/Pool via REUTERS — Nathan Howard

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that as a sovereign state, Israel would determine its security policy and which foreign forces to work with.

"We control our own security and we have made clear to international forces that Israel will decide which forces are unacceptable to us — and that is how we act and will continue to act," Netanyahu said at the outset of a cabinet meeting.

"This is, of course, accepted by the United States, as its most senior representatives expressed in recent days."

(Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing by Aidan Lewis)