Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN Friday denied accusations of "genocide" in Gaza and using "starvation" as a tactic, insisting Israel was actually feeding the people of the devastated Palestinian territory.

"Those who peddle the blood libels of genocide against Israel are no better than those who peddled the blood libels against Jews in the Middle Ages," Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu has also said that the Palestinian Authority is 'corrupt to the core' and that a Palestinian state would be 'national suicide' for Israel, and showed that 'murdering Jews paid off'.

"Israel will not allow you to shove a terrorist state down our throats. We will not commit national suicide because you don't have the guts to face down the hostile media and antisemitic mobs demanding Israel's blood," he said.

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