Storm of reactions from Arab countries after reporting Benjamin Netanyahu to ‘great Israel” The report of the Israeli prime minister is strongly condemned by Egypt and Jordan.
Several Arab countries condemned on Thursday (14.08.2025) statements of Benjamin Netanyahuwho referred to an interview with the vision of the “Great Israel”, starting with Egypt and Jordan that denounced “escalation” and “threat of sovereignty” of the countries of the region.
The expression ‘Great Israel’ It refers to the borders described in the Bible at the time of King Solomon, which included the West Bank but also a part of the territories located in neighboring countries (Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) – territories that sustainable Israeli are dreaming of understanding.
The plan for greater Israel, a colonial settler project obtained through ethnic cleansing and genocide. Stealing land by murdering indigenous people. pic.twitter.com/UzxcpYiXSp
– King GWAP (@kingxgwap) August 8, 2025
During an interview on August 12 on I24 News television, a journalist asked Netanyahu if he believed in the “vision” of a “great Israel”.
“Absolutely” the Israeli prime minister responded twice.
Egypt, whose Sinai was occupied by Israel after the 1967 war, said yesterday that he was condemning what was reported to some Israeli media on what is called “Grand Israel”.
Cairo “called for clarification on this issue, in what this reflects on terms of volatility, rejection of the choice of peace in the area and perseverance in escalation,” the Foreign Ministry wrote.
For its part, Jordanian diplomacy denounced a “dangerous provocative escalation and a threat to the sovereignty of the countries”.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry also condemned this “statements from the occupation entity in relation to what it is called “The vision of the Great Israel” And which clearly reveal the expansionist ambitions of this entity. “
“These statements are a clear challenge for countries’ sovereignty,” the ministry added.
Saudi Arabia yesterday “the complete rejection of ideas and colonial and expansive plans adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities”, reiterating “the historical and legal right of the Palestinian people to establish its independent state”.
In February, several Arab countries, of which Saudi Arabia had condemned Netanyahu’s statements that suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state on the territory of Saudi Arabia.